| Commonplace |
The Telegraph Quick |
16 Oct 2025 |
| Mundane |
The Telegraph Quick |
06 Sep 2025 |
| Clichéd |
Puzzler Backwords |
05 Sep 2025 |
| Hackneyed |
Eugene Sheffer |
09 Aug 2025 |
| Trite (5) |
Mirror Classic |
13 Jul 2025 |
| Ordinary outlaw completely losing heart |
The Times Quick Cryptic |
10 Jul 2025 |
| Tired |
LA Times Daily |
05 Jul 2025 |
| Tediously unoriginal |
The Times Concise |
30 Jun 2025 |
| Mundane |
The Telegraph Quick |
28 Jun 2025 |
| To exclude a learner is commonplace |
The Times Quick Cryptic |
13 Jun 2025 |
| Clichéd |
New York Times |
05 Jun 2025 |
| Trite (5) |
The Guardian Quick |
28 May 2025 |
| Without zip |
Newsday |
23 May 2025 |
| Hackneyed |
Eugene Sheffer |
14 May 2025 |
| Alban's everyday aspect (5) |
|
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| Proscribe a beginner lacking originality (5) |
|
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| Prohibition a student finds trite (5) |
|
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| Clichéd |
Puzzler Backwords |
08 Apr 2025 |
| Forbid Alan That's so trite (5) |
|
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| Outlaw aluminium; it's dull! (5) |
Puzzler Cryptic |
16 Mar 2025 |
| To prohibit Capone would be unimaginative (5) |
|
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| Commonplace(5) |
|
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| "Tourism is nothing more than going to see what has become _ Guy Debord (5) |
|
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| Tired, in a way |
New York Times |
15 Feb 2025 |
| Don't permit a student to be unoriginal (5) |
|
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| It's commonplace to exclude a learner (5) |
|
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| Mundane |
The Sun Two Speed |
06 Jan 2025 |
| Stop a student getting stock |
The Sun Two Speed |
06 Jan 2025 |
| Trite |
Universal |
30 Dec 2024 |
| Don't allow Mr Capone to join - he's so commonplace (5) |
|
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| Dull Oz actor aligned with Wallender? (5) |
|
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| Hackneyed |
New York Times |
28 Nov 2024 |
| Lacking originality |
Puzzler Backwords |
24 Nov 2024 |
| Trite stoppage by a student (5) |
|
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| Hackneyed |
Eugene Sheffer |
16 Nov 2024 |
| Boringly dull |
New York Times Mini |
08 Nov 2024 |
| Ban Al for lacking originality (5) |
|
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| Tired and predictable |
New York Times |
21 Oct 2024 |
| Humdrum |
Wall Street Journal |
05 Oct 2024 |
| Boring, unoriginal |
The Telegraph Plusword |
23 Sep 2024 |
| To prohibit a learner is commonplace (5) |
|
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| Trite, commonplace (5) |
|
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| A commonplace to prohibit a learner (5) |
|
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| Trite, uninteresting |
|
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| Yawn-inducing |
|
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| Hackneyed |
Thomas Joseph |
05 Sep 2024 |
| AN ALB |
|
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| Dismally dull |
LA Times Daily |
29 Aug 2024 |
| Forbid Alan being petty (5) |
|
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| Trite(5) |
|
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| Trite way to prohibit Jolson (5) |
|
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| Unoriginal in the extreme |
|
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| Prohibit a line that's mundane |
The Sun Two Speed |
22 Jul 2024 |
| Tediously unoriginal |
The Sun Two Speed |
22 Jul 2024 |
| Hackneyed |
Mirror Quick |
17 Jul 2024 |
| Stop a cadet being boring |
Mirror Cryptic |
17 Jul 2024 |
| In Albania, to start with, disruption is commonplace (5) |
|
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| It is commonplace to make an appearance in half a ballad (5) |
|
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| Lacking originality |
LA Times Mini |
01 Jul 2024 |
| Lacking novelty |
USA Today |
21 Jun 2024 |
| Unoriginal and boring |
USA Today |
15 Jun 2024 |
| Don't allow that almost all are lacking in originality |
|
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| Name protected by Phoenician god is unoriginal (5) |
|
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| Hackneyed job analysed? Not altogether! (5) |
|
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| Boringly dull prohibition by health centre |
|
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| Trite, time-worn (5) |
|
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| Hackneyed |
Mirror Quick |
08 May 2024 |
| Stop a student being trite |
Mirror Cryptic |
08 May 2024 |
| Flat, commonplace (5) |
|
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| Prohibit nearly everything commonplace (5) |
|
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| Invadable dive out. How trite is that! (5) |
|
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| Unoriginal |
USA Today |
06 Apr 2024 |
| Hackneyed start to "Albanian disorganization" (5) |
|
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| Stop a learner being hackneyed (5) |
Puzzler Cryptic |
31 Mar 2024 |
| Ignoring the odds, obtain mail, but it's not very interesting |
|
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| Old hat and luger originally held up outlaw (5) |
|
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| Trivial heathen god gets round Nineveh first (5) |
|
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| Prohibit Pacino from being trite (5) |
|
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| Unimaginative, trite |
Puzzler Backwords |
01 Mar 2024 |
| Nothing to write home about during Oban-Alexandria journey (5) |
|
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| Ban all triviality at the outset (5) |
|
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| Trite appearance of Phoenician god around the North (5) |
|
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| Ban Capone from being trite (5) |
|
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| Trite piece of glib analysis (5) |
|
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| Refuse almost all stock |
|
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| Ban all parts that are hackneyed (5) |
|
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| Officially exclude Murray for being unimaginative (5) |
|
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| Rioting in Albania, to start with, is commonplace (5) |
|
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| Trite |
Thomas Joseph |
30 Dec 2023 |
| Bar with case of alcohol in stock |
The Telegraph Toughie |
20 Dec 2023 |
| Bar with case of alcohol in stock (5) |
|
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| Insipid |
Thomas Joseph |
18 Dec 2023 |
| Ordinary American student under 15 (5) |
|
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| Ordinary American student under 15 |
The Telegraph Toughie |
13 Dec 2023 |
| Mundane, trite |
The Times Concise |
19 Sep 2023 |
| Insipid |
Thomas Joseph |
05 Aug 2023 |
| Commonplace |
The Guardian Quick |
03 Aug 2023 |
| Commonplace |
The Guardian Quick |
17 Jul 2023 |
| Boring name, boring idol |
The Times Cryptic |
26 Jun 2023 |
| Insipid |
Thomas Joseph |
18 May 2023 |
| Tediously familiar |
LA Times Daily |
27 Mar 2023 |
| Lacking originality |
The Guardian Quick |
20 Feb 2023 |
| Trite |
Universal |
10 Jan 2023 |
| Trite |
LA Times Daily |
02 Jan 2023 |
| Humdrum |
Universal |
29 Dec 2022 |
| Predictably trite |
Thomas Joseph |
17 Dec 2022 |
| Trite |
USA Today |
11 Dec 2022 |
| Certainly not scintillating |
Newsday |
26 Nov 2022 |
| Pedestrian being initially very fussy |
The Guardian Quiptic |
21 Nov 2022 |
| Trite |
New York Times |
23 Aug 2022 |
| Prohibit everything, almost, in flat |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
01 Aug 2022 |
| Trite |
Thomas Joseph |
22 Jul 2022 |
| Insipid |
Thomas Joseph |
02 Jul 2022 |
| Far from original |
Newsday |
12 Jun 2022 |
| Overfamiliar through overuse |
Irish Times Simplex |
06 May 2022 |
| Insipid |
Thomas Joseph |
02 Apr 2022 |
| Hackneyed |
Eugene Sheffer |
25 Mar 2022 |
| Yawn-inducing |
The Washington Post |
28 Feb 2022 |
| Yawn-inducing |
LA Times Daily |
28 Feb 2022 |
| Unimaginative |
USA Today |
07 Feb 2022 |
| Overdone; trite |
The Guardian Speedy |
16 Jan 2022 |
| Boring |
LA Times Daily |
04 Jan 2022 |
| Trite |
Universal |
28 Dec 2021 |
| Boringly unoriginal |
Wall Street Journal |
23 Nov 2021 |
| Hackneyed |
The Guardian Quick |
10 Nov 2021 |
| Embargo placed on almost entire stock |
The Times Cryptic |
22 Oct 2021 |
| Ho-hum |
LA Times Daily |
19 Aug 2021 |
| Ho-hum |
The Washington Post |
19 Aug 2021 |
| Unoriginal |
LA Times Daily |
05 Aug 2021 |
| Unoriginal |
The Washington Post |
05 Aug 2021 |
| Trite |
The Telegraph Quick |
11 Jul 2021 |
| Unoriginal |
USA Today |
06 Jun 2021 |
| Commonplace in a bad way |
USA Today |
29 May 2021 |
| Hackneyed |
Eugene Sheffer |
18 May 2021 |
| Far from scintillating |
Newsday |
13 May 2021 |
| Mundane |
The Guardian Speedy |
28 Mar 2021 |
| Trite |
Thomas Joseph |
27 Mar 2021 |
| Taliban dismiss it as run-of-the-mill |
Irish Times Crosaire |
06 Mar 2021 |
| Run-of-the-mill |
USA Today |
27 Jan 2021 |
| Hardly original |
Wall Street Journal |
20 Jan 2021 |
| Enforce a general embargo, mostly lacking impact |
|
|
| Trite |
New York Times |
12 Oct 2020 |
| Boringly unoriginal |
Wall Street Journal |
12 Aug 2020 |
| Clichéd |
Wall Street Journal |
08 Aug 2020 |
| Trite |
USA Today |
12 Jul 2020 |
| Hackneyed |
Thomas Joseph |
10 Jul 2020 |
| Mundane |
The Telegraph Quick |
20 Jun 2020 |
| Not the least bit fresh, as writing |
Family Time |
10 May 2020 |
| Somewhat suburban, a laughing stock |
|
|
| Commonplace |
Universal |
25 Nov 2019 |
| Put a stop to almost everything trivial |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
12 Nov 2019 |
| So last year |
USA Today |
02 Nov 2019 |
| Far from fresh |
Universal |
07 Sep 2019 |
| Yawn-inducing |
|
|
| Trite |
The Times Concise |
30 Jun 2019 |
| Trivial |
The Telegraph Quick |
30 May 2019 |
| Played out |
USA Today |
14 May 2019 |
| Predictably trite |
Thomas Joseph |
09 May 2019 |
| Old-hat |
Universal |
26 Apr 2019 |
| Tediously unoriginal |
The Times Concise |
24 Apr 2019 |
| Insipid |
Thomas Joseph |
09 Mar 2019 |
| Boringly conventional |
Wall Street Journal |
14 Feb 2019 |
| Trite; humdrum |
The Guardian Speedy |
03 Feb 2019 |
| Played out |
|
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| Old-hat |
|
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| Ho-hum |
|
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| Far from fresh |
|
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| Boringly conventional |
|
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| So last year |
|
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| Timeworn |
LA Times Daily |
29 Dec 2018 |
| Timeworn |
The Washington Post |
29 Dec 2018 |
| Ho-hum |
USA Today |
27 Dec 2018 |
| Far from original |
USA Today |
25 Oct 2018 |
| Stop a student getting stock |
The Sun Two Speed |
11 Oct 2018 |
| Tediously unoriginal |
The Sun Two Speed |
11 Oct 2018 |
| Unoriginal and boring |
Universal |
28 Sep 2018 |
| Unoriginal or trite, so as to be boring |
|
|
| Boringly familiar |
Newsday |
10 Sep 2018 |
| Exclude a line lacking originality |
|
|
| Hackneyed |
Wall Street Journal |
03 Jul 2018 |
| Prohibit a line that's mundane |
The Sun Two Speed |
11 Jun 2018 |
| Common outlaw, Mr Capone |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
04 Jun 2018 |
| Exclude a line lacking originality |
|
|
| Mundane |
Wall Street Journal |
26 May 2018 |
| Ultimately, screen idol keeps lacking originality |
|
|
| Prohibit aluminium for flat |
|
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| Ho-hum |
Premier Sunday |
28 Jan 2018 |
| Unoriginal |
Premier Sunday |
14 Jan 2018 |
| Far from original |
|
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| Timeworn |
|
|
| Unoriginal and boring |
|
|
| Hackneyed |
|
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| Mundane |
|
|
| Hackneyed |
New York Times |
26 Dec 2017 |
| Humdrum |
The Washington Post |
27 Sep 2017 |
| Humdrum |
LA Times Daily |
27 Sep 2017 |
| Yawn-inducing |
The Washington Post |
21 May 2017 |
| Yawn-inducing |
LA Times Daily |
21 May 2017 |
| It's rather cliched to say it's concealed in Taliban allegations |
Irish Times Crosaire |
06 May 2017 |
| Tired, as usual |
|
|
| Yawn-inducing |
Wall Street Journal |
04 Mar 2017 |
| Tired bishop's obstinate and obsessive |
|
|
| Yawn-inducing |
|
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| Hackneyed |
|
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| Humdrum |
|
|
| Overly familiar |
The Washington Post |
20 Nov 2016 |
| Blah |
The Washington Post |
03 Nov 2016 |
| Threadbare |
Wall Street Journal |
08 Oct 2016 |
| Urban alternative to gather everyday |
|
|
| Yawn-inspiring |
LA Times Daily |
21 Aug 2016 |
| Not at all original |
USA Today |
15 Aug 2016 |
| Everyday |
LA Times Daily |
22 Jul 2016 |
| Trite |
The Washington Post |
04 Jun 2016 |
| Stop a lecturer being trivial |
The Telegraph Toughie |
02 Jun 2016 |
| Far from fresh |
Newsday |
07 May 2016 |
| Old hat |
The Washington Post |
30 Apr 2016 |
| Far from fresh |
Wall Street Journal |
17 Mar 2016 |
| Bland or trite |
Universal |
14 Mar 2016 |
| Unremarkable |
The Chronicle of Higher Education |
11 Mar 2016 |
| Not fresh |
The Washington Post |
28 Feb 2016 |
| Top UN official has a student flat |
|
|
| Pedestrian |
Newsday |
23 Jan 2016 |
| Not at all original |
|
|
| Everyday |
|
|
| Yawn-inspiring |
|
|
| Unremarkable |
|
|
| Trite |
Eugene Sheffer |
26 Dec 2015 |
| Old hat found in bar by a lake |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
23 Nov 2015 |
| Idol's assumed name far from original |
The Times Cryptic |
29 Oct 2015 |
| Yawn-inducing |
Universal |
31 Jul 2015 |
| It's rather clich?d to say it's concealed in Taliban allegations |
Irish Times Crosaire |
18 Jul 2015 |
| Humdrum |
Premier Sunday |
05 Jul 2015 |
| Unoriginal |
LA Times Daily |
31 Mar 2015 |
| Boringly unoriginal |
|
|
| Commonplace |
|
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| Yawn-inducing |
|
|
| Clichéd |
|
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| Unoriginal |
|
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| Humdrum |
|
|
| Prohibit a line in stock |
|
|
| Dull |
|
|
| Mundane |
|
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| Trite |
|
|
| Not very original |
|
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| Trite |
|
|
| Mundane |
|
|
| Without zip |
|
|
| Commonplace name held by god |
|
|
| Ho-hum |
|
|
| Humdrum |
|
|
| Yawn-inspiring |
|
|
| Far from original |
|
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| Hackneyed |
|
|
| Dully repetitive |
|
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| Far from original |
|
|
| Hackneyed |
|
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| Timeworn |
|
|
| Hackneyed |
|
|
| Quite unoriginal |
|
|
| Commonplace |
|
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| Unoriginal |
|
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| Far from original |
|
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| Insipid |
|
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| Mundane |
|
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| Overfamiliar |
|
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| Not "wow"-worthy |
|
|
| Overfamiliar |
|
|
| Trite |
|
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| Clichéd |
|
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| Not fresh |
|
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| Not the least bit fresh |
|
|
| Yawn-inspiring |
|
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| Not fresh |
|
|
| Like an old saw |
|
|
| Not fresh |
|
|
| Unoriginal |
|
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| Insipid |
|
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| Far from original |
|
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| Clichéd |
|
|
| Far from fresh |
|
|
| Commonplace |
|
|
| Overused |
|
|
| Clichéd |
|
|
| Highly hackneyed |
|
|
| Hackneyed |
|
|
| Commonplace |
|
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| Hackneyed |
|
|
| Hardly scintillating |
|
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| Old hat |
|
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| Trite |
|
|
| Old hat |
|
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| Like "Have a nice day" |
|
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| Mundane |
|
|
| Commonplace |
|
|
| Trite |
|
|
| Commonplace |
|
|
| Overdone |
|
|
| Yawn-inspiring |
|
|
| Mediocre |
|
|
| Predictably trite |
|
|
| Well-worn |
|
|
| Far from original |
|
|
| Old hat |
|
|
| So yesterday |
|
|
| Unoriginal |
|
|
| Yawn-inspiring |
|
|
| Humdrum |
|
|
| Far from fresh |
|
|
| Old hat |
|
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| Far from fresh |
|
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| Clichèd |
|
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| Clichèd |
|
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| Everyday |
|
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| Shopworn |
|
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| Trite |
|
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| Hackneyed |
|
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| Not very interesting |
|
|
| Unstimulating |
|
|
| Unoriginal |
|
|
| Far from fresh |
|
|
| Commonplace |
|
|
| Run-of-the-mill |
|
|
| Predictable, in a way |
|
|
| Trite |
|
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| Clichéd |
|
|
| Humdrum |
|
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| Hackneyed |
|
|
| Trite |
|
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| Corny |
|
|
| Far from fresh |
|
|
| Commonplace |
|
|
| Trite |
|
|
| Trite |
|
|
| Lacking originality |
|
|
| Hackneyed |
|
|
| Don't permit anything short to be worn |
|
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| Trite |
|
|
| Insipid |
|
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| Ordinary |
|
|
| Humdrum |
|
|
| Commonplace |
|
|
| Not the least bit fresh |
|
|
| Meaningless |
|
|
| Dull |
|
|
| Well-worn |
|
|
| Yawn-inducing |
|
|
| Hackneyed |
|
|
| Tired, in a way |
|
|
| Hardly scintillating |
|
|
| Highly hackneyed |
|
|
| Commonplace |
|
|
| Very commonplace |
|
|
| Insipid; twice-told |
|
|
| Insipid |
|
|
| Unoriginal |
|
|
| Vapid |
|
|
| Devoid of originality |
|
|
| Lacking freshness |
|
|
| Ordinary |
|
|
| Twice-told |
|
|
| Wanting novelty. |
|
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| Insipid. |
|
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| Flat. |
|
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| Jejune. |
|
|
| Trivial. |
|
|
| Lacking originality. |
|
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| Commonplace |
|
|
| Extremely hokey |
|
|
| Vapid. |
|
|
| Commonplace. |
|
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| Trite. |
|
|
| Overused. |
|
|
| Hackneyed |
|
|
| Stereotyped. |
|
|
| Penny-in-the-slot. |
|
|
| Trivial |
|
|
| Hackneyed. |
|
|
| Ordinary. |
|
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| Platitudinous. |
|
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| Not stimulating. |
|
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