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}, {old-hat}, {shopworn}, {stock(a)}, {threadbare},
         {timeworn}, {tired}, {trite}]
Source: WordNet® 2.0