Used in a Sentence

cliched

Definition, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for cliched.

Editorial note

As cliched as it is: The greater your experience, the more you know how little you know.

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Parts of speech1

Quick take

Alternative form of clichéd. [Repeated so often that it has become stale or commonplace; hackneyed.]

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of cliched gathered in one view.

adjective

Alternative form of clichéd. [Repeated so often that it has become stale or commonplace; hackneyed.]

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for cliched.

adjective

Alternative form of clichéd. [Repeated so often that it has become stale or commonplace; hackneyed.]

Example sentences

1

As cliched as it is: The greater your experience, the more you know how little you know.

2

That's becoming a rather cliched comment unless you have a solid justification for bringing it up.

3

Good points and all but the cringing was for the cliched way the article ended.

4

They need to be without the obvious, cliched flaws that make most fiction work.

5

It sounds cliched, and maybe it is, but there's real truth there.

6

Pens can be used to write dull, cliched, uninspired novels.

7

I know it's cliched and gets tossed around a lot lately, but this absolutely sounds like a line straight out of 1984.

8

I also felt the mothering at the beginning and with Newt kind of cliched.

9

I really liked The Last Christmas and The Metropolitan Man (A Bluer Shade of White felt a little cliched/predictable) and second the recommendation.

10

But 9 to 2 working days barely exist, and this is in the context of a cliched family where the man earns €60k and the woman has €30k max earning potential full-time.

11

People who ask such a bad and cliched question obviously are not very interested (or experienced) in the job search/interview process, so I try to engage them and get them interested.

12

Yes there are the cliched arguments that all wars are about resources,etc, but I believe that war arises sometimes because there is a genuine need to defend [oneself,family,civilization] from harm from evil people (or, more PC and nihilistic, from people that would take it away).

Quote examples

1

Already 2 paragraphs in the author makes a cliched references the movie Wall Street and refers to Talking Heads "avant-garde pop".

2

That doesn't mean that all redesigns are necessarily good, or even that redesigns are necessary, but the kneejerk "it's unusable!!!!!" is so cliched.

3

Leaving "to spend more time with my family" has become such a cliched euphemism for getting fired were I Mr.

4

Isn't the whole "N-Point Evangelism" getting tired and cliched yet?

Proper noun examples

1

Cliched as it sounds, but a job that involves talking to people might be much more likely to make a person happy.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use cliched in a sentence?

As cliched as it is: The greater your experience, the more you know how little you know.

What does cliched mean?

Alternative form of clichéd. [Repeated so often that it has become stale or commonplace; hackneyed.]

What part of speech is cliched?

cliched is commonly used as adjective.