twice-told

adjective

hackneyed; cliché

“a twice-told tale”

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adjectivetwice-told (not comparable)
  1. not comparablehackneyed; cliché

    a twice-told tale

    2 more examples

    […] the fact that repetition makes for dullness and that a fresh mind may well be able to introduce a new and hence a more effective approach to what has become rather more than a twice-told tale.

    2001, Frederick Bernays Wiener, Briefing and Arguing Federal Appeals, page 387

    I am aware that the story of “the story within the story” is itself a twice-told tale, but nonetheless I will tell it again, hoping to make it yield some additional meaning—if my initial contention is right.

    2011, John Pier, José Angel Garcia Landa, Theorizing Narrativity, page 419

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APA

twice-told. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/twice-told

MLA

“twice-told.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/twice-told. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “twice-told,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/twice-told.

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