timeworn

timeworn (http://definr.com/timeworn)

     adj : 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, shopworn, stock(a), threadbare, tired,
            trite, well-worn]