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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (2)

1. repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse;
- Example: "bromidic sermons"
- Example: "his remarks were trite and commonplace"
- Example: "hackneyed phrases"
- Example: "a stock answer"
- Example: "repeating threadbare jokes"
- Example: "parroting some timeworn axiom"
- Example: "the trite metaphor `hard as nails'"
[syn: banal, commonplace, hackneyed, old-hat, shopworn, stock(a), threadbare, timeworn, tired, trite, well-worn]

2. out of fashion;
- Example: "a suit of rather antique appearance"
- Example: "demode (or outmoded) attire"
- Example: "outmoded ideas"
[syn: antique, demode, ex, old-fashioned, old-hat(p), outmoded, passe, passee]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

old-hat \old-hat\ pred. adj.
   same as old-fashioned, a., 2. [Narrower terms:
   unfashionable (vs. fashionable)]

   Syn: antique, old-fashioned, outmoded, out-of-date, passe,
        passee.
        [WordNet 1.5]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

old-hat
    adj 1: 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'" [syn:
           banal, commonplace, hackneyed, old-hat,
           shopworn, stock(a), threadbare, timeworn,
           tired, trite, well-worn]
    2: out of fashion; "a suit of rather antique appearance";
       "demode (or outmoded) attire"; "outmoded ideas" [syn:
       antique, demode, ex, old-fashioned, old-hat(p),
       outmoded, passe, passee]