old-hat meaning

old-hat as an adjective

1. 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'

   Synonyms: banal, commonplace, hackneyed, shopworn, stock, threadbare, timeworn, tired, trite, well-worn

   Similar: unoriginal

2. out of fashion
   • a suit of rather antique appearance
   • demode (or outmoded) attire
   • outmoded ideas

   Synonyms: antique, demode, ex, old-fashioned, outmoded, passe, passee

   Similar: unfashionable