clichéd

comparative more clichéd · superlative most clichéd · alternative cliched · alternative clichéed

1. Repeated so often that it has become stale or commonplace; hackneyed.First known use early 20th c.

   While most of these small, family-owned eateries were mired in drab décor and had clichéd names like Golden Wok or China Gate, they made up for the kitsch with inexpensive prices.

   2015, Huping Ling, Allan W. Austin, Asian American History and Culture: An Encyclopedia

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   [Chief of the Story Police:] “[…] You are hereby charged with crimes against good and proper storytelling, including the use of outlandish plots, ridiculous characters, silly names, needless repetition—I repeat, needless repetition—too much detail in some places and not enough in others, lack of worthy life lessons, poor dietary habits, unlikely escapes, gratuitous violence, time-wasting chases, and worst of all, clichéd endings, such as it was all just a dream...Need I go on?”

   2019, Andy Griffiths, illustrated by Terry Denton, The 117-Story Treehouse, American Edition, pages 142-143

   Synonyms: banal, bathetic, bromidic, cheesy, stock, commonplace, corny, dog-eared

alternative cliched · alternative clichéed

1. participlepastsimple past and past participle of cliché