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71stock — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. stem, bole, trunk; race, family; livestock, cattle; [gun] butt; capital; broth; merchandise, goods; raw materials; repertory; informal, belief. See ancestry, store, drama, provision, quantity. II… …
72timeworn — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. out of date; worn, impaired. See oldness, deterioration. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Old] Syn. antiquated, antique, ancient; see old 2 , 3 . 2. [Trite] Syn. hackneyed, Clichéd, stale, overused; see… …
73stereotyped — I (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. hackneyed, trite, ordinary; see conventional 1 , 2 , dull 4 . See Synonym Study at trite . II (Roget s Thesaurus II) adjective Without freshness or appeal because of overuse: banal, bromidic, clichéd, commonplace, corny …
74Knowledge — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Knowledge >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 knowledge knowledge Sgm: N 1 cognizance cognizance cognition cognoscence| Sgm: N 1 acquaintance acquaintance experience ken privity insight familiarity …
75Habit — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Habit >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 habit habit habitude Sgm: N 1 assuetude| assuetude| assuefaction| wont Sgm: N 1 run run way GRP: N 2 Sgm: N 2 common state of things …
76journalese — n. style of writing which is considered typically journalistic and is characterized by sloppy writing and hackneyed phrasesjour·nal·ese || ‚dÊ’ÉœrnÉ™ lɪËz /‚dÊ’ÉœËn adj. of or pertaining to a style of writing which is considered… …
77commonplace — n Commonplace, platitude, truism, bromide, cliche mean an idea or expression lacking in originality or freshness. A commonplace is a stock idea or expression which is frequently little more than the obvious, conventional, and easy thing to think… …
78commonplace — adj 1. ordinary, usual, general, undistinguished, unimpressive, mediocre, pedestrian, everyday, homely, workaday, Inf. run of the mill; uninteresting, tame, dull, slow, sober; monotonous, boring, tedious, tiresome, wearisome, humdrum, unvaried. 2 …
79hack — I v 1. cut, cut down, hew, saw down, fell, chop, chop down, splinter; lop off, truncate, butcher, amputate, detach, remove; trim, clip, dock, snip, nip, snap; shear, crop, (of the hair) bob. 2. gash, slash, Archaic. carbonado, tear into, lance,… …
80trite — [[t]traɪt[/t]] adj. trit•er, trit•est 1) lacking in freshness or effectiveness because of constant use or excessive repetition; hackneyed 2) characterized by hackneyed expressions, ideas, etc • Etymology: 1540–50; < L trītus worn, common, ptp …
