old-hat

old-hat
    adj 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'" [syn:
           {banal}, {commonplace}, {hackneyed}, {old-hat},
           {shopworn}, {stock(a)}, {threadbare}, {timeworn},
           {tired}, {trite}, {well-worn}]
    2: out of fashion; "a suit of rather antique appearance";
       "demode (or outmoded) attire"; "outmoded ideas" [syn:
       {antique}, {demode}, {ex}, {old-fashioned}, {old-hat(p)},
       {outmoded}, {passe}, {passee}]
    

old-hat \old-hat\ pred. adj.
   same as {old-fashioned}, a., 2. [Narrower terms:
   {unfashionable (vs. fashionable)}]

   Syn: antique, old-fashioned, outmoded, out-of-date, passe,
        passee.
        [WordNet 1.5]