well-worn

well-worn (http://definr.com/well-worn)

     adj 1: showing signs of much wear or use
     2: 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, timeworn,
         tired, trite]