Synonyms for overused
- chain
- drained
- dull
- exhausted
- mildewed
- overworked
- set
- stale
- stereotyped
- stock
- tired
- worn
- banal
- bathetic
- bromidic
- cliched
- cliché
- clichéd
- common
- commonplace
- cornball
- corny
- familiar tune
- flat
- hackneyed
- hokey
- jejune
- moth-eaten
- musty
- old hat
- ordinary
- pedestrian
- platitudinal
- platitudinous
- prosaic
- ready-made
- routine
- run-of-the-mill
- shopworn
- stereotypic
- stereotypical
- threadbare
- timeworn
- uninspired
- unoriginal
- used-up
- vapid
- warmed-over
- well-worn
- worn-out
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Antonyms for overused
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EXAMPLES FROM THE WEB FOR OVERUSED
And the overused "editorial we" has now passed entirely from the news article.
The voice will keep, and it will be sweeter and fresher if it is not overused in childhood.
His voice was sensitive to liquids, but he overused the word "glorious."
Also, he comes to know the full meaning of that overused and abused word—service.
MORE RELATED WORDS FOR OVERUSED
bromidic
adjectivetritemore worn
adjectiveused- beat
- burned out
- bushed
- busted
- clichéd
- consumed
- depleted
- destroyed
- deteriorated
- dinged
- drained
- drawn
- effete
- exhausted
- fatigued
- frayed
- gone
- hackneyed
- had it
- haggard
- jaded
- kaput
- knocked out
- old
- overused
- overworked
- pegged out
- pinched
- played-out
- pooped
- ragged
- ruined
- shabby
- shot
- spent
- stale
- tattered
- threadbare
- timeworn
- tired
- tired out
- totaled
- used up
- useless
- wearied
- weary
- well-worn
- wiped out
- worn-down
- worn-out
- wrung out
more worn-out
adjectiveexhaustedmore wornout
adjectiveexhaustedmost worn
adjectiveused- beat
- burned out
- bushed
- busted
- clichéd
- consumed
- depleted
- destroyed
- deteriorated
- dinged
- drained
- drawn
- effete
- exhausted
- fatigued
- frayed
- gone
- hackneyed
- had it
- haggard
- jaded
- kaput
- knocked out
- old
- overused
- overworked
- pegged out
- pinched
- played-out
- pooped
- ragged
- ruined
- shabby
- shot
- spent
- stale
- tattered
- threadbare
- timeworn
- tired
- tired out
- totaled
- used up
- useless
- wearied
- weary
- well-worn
- wiped out
- worn-down
- worn-out
- wrung out
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