Used too much Crossword Clue
5 letters · New York Times · Friday, February 17, 2017 · 47-Down
Appeared in 2 New York Times Crosswords between July 2002 and February 2017.
Exact puzzle match · New York Times · February 17, 2017 · 47-Down · 5 letters
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repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse; "bromidic sermons"; "his remarks were trite and commonplace"; "hackneyed phrases"; "a stock answer"; "repeating threadbare jokes"; "parroting some timeworn axiom"; "the trite metaphor `hard as nails'"
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