oft-repeated
Said many times
Oft-repeated means frequently said or recited.
The word appears almost exclusively in writing, where it modifies things like stories, phrases, or claims: the oft-repeated myth that we swallow spiders in our sleep, an oft-repeated warning.
The hyphen is standard; without it, the construction feels incomplete.
Overused and unoriginal
- triteOverused, lacking freshness
- overusedEmployed too frequently
- worn-outDepleted through overuse
- shopwornDeteriorated from display
threadbare · tired · stale · banal · platitudinous · unoriginal · formulaic · old-hat
Regular sequence of actions
- customaryDone by convention
- regularOccurring at fixed intervals
- consistentNot varying or contradicting
- chronicPersisting over time
ingrained · persistent · accustomed · established · traditional · perpetual · incessant · unvarying
hackneyed
Overused and unoriginal
shopworn · threadbare · tired · stale · banal · platitudinous · unoriginal · formulaic · old-hat · stock
routine
Regular sequence of actions
- customaryDone by convention
- regularOccurring at fixed intervals
- consistentNot varying or contradicting
chronic · ingrained · persistent · accustomed · established · traditional · perpetual · incessant · unvarying · automatic
oft-repeatedlittle-known
Not widely recognized
obscure · unspoken · unfamiliar · singular
often, repeated, repeat, repeats, repeating, repeatable, unrepeatable, repeatability, repeater