If you describe a word, expression, or idea as ~, you mean it has been used so often that it no longer has much effect or meaning.
‘Ecological’ has become one of the most ~ adjectives among manufacturers of garden supplies.
ADJ: usu ADJ n
If you describe a word, expression, or idea as ~, you mean it has been used so often that it no longer has much effect or meaning.
‘Ecological’ has become one of the most ~ adjectives among manufacturers of garden supplies.
ADJ: usu ADJ n
Collins COBUILD. Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык Коллинз COBUILD (международная база данных языков Бирмингемского университета) . 2012