The marketing team rejected the slogan because it sounded hackneyed and lacked any fresh appeal.

行銷團隊否決了那句標語，因為它聽起來很老套，毫無新意。

Please avoid hackneyed phrases like think outside the box in your cover letter.

請避免在求職信中使用像「跳脫框架思考」這類陳腐的用語。

The keynote speaker opened the meeting with a hackneyed joke that nobody laughed at.

主講人用一個老掉牙的笑話開場，結果沒有人笑。