verb

1. To make uninteresting or trite by frequent use.

2. To use as a hackney.

3. To carry in a hackney coach.

adjective

1. Repeated too often.

   “The sermon was full of hackneyed phrases and platitudes.”

2. Let out for hire.

Synonyms: banal, clichéd, commonplace, shopworn, stock, threadbare, timeworn, tired