陳腐|ちんぷchinpu[1]atamadaka (head-high)

1. na-adjective, nounstale; hackneyed; clichéd

• Synonym月並みつきなみNeutralTrite and banal; close to 「陳腐」 but slightly colloquial, stressing lack of originality, as in 「月並みな表現」.
• SynonymありふれたNeutralStresses being commonplace and seen everywhere, as in 「ありふれた話」; not necessarily derogatory, unlike 「陳腐」.
• Synonym古臭いふるくさいNeutralOld-hat and dated, as in 「古臭い考え」; stresses being old in era, while 「陳腐」 stresses overuse and lack of freshness.
• Synonym平俗へいぞくWrittenWritten/formal word for the commonplace and popular; can also mean plain and easy to understand.
• Related平凡へいぼんNeutralNeutral description of the ordinary, which may simply imply mediocrity; 「陳腐」 adds the pejorative sense of being worn out and tiresome from overuse.
• Related凡庸ぼんようWrittenWritten/formal word for mediocrity lacking distinction, mostly of people, as in 「凡庸な作家」; 「陳腐」 targets hackneyed expression.
• Related大時代おおじだいNeutralOld-fashioned and showily dated, as in 「大時代な台詞」.
• Related人並みひとなみNeutralMeans being like everyone else, as in 「人並みの生活」; neutral, not derogatory.
• Related凡常ぼんじょうWrittenWritten/formal word for the ordinary and commonplace; rarely used.
• Related凡俗ぼんぞくWrittenWritten/formal word for vulgar mediocrity; used mostly of people.
• Related何の変哲もないなんのへんてつもないNeutralUtterly unremarkable, as in 「何の変哲もない石」; lacks the pejorative overused nuance of 「陳腐」.
• Related乾燥無味かんそうむみWrittenWritten/formal word for dry, flavorless dullness, mainly of content.
• Related庸劣ようれつWrittenWritten/formal word for mediocre and inferior; strongly derogatory.
• Antonym斬新ざんしんNeutralAntonym: novel and original, standing opposite the hackneyed feel of 「陳腐」.
• Antonym新鮮しんせんNeutralAntonym: fresh, the opposite of the staleness of 「陳腐」.
• Antonym独創的どくそうてきNeutralAntonym: original and creative, opposite to the clichéd feel of 「陳腐」.

Use 「陳腐」 for expressions or ideas worn out from overuse and lacking freshness, as in 「陳腐な表現」 or 「陳腐化」. For merely ordinary say 「平凡」, for commonplace 「ありふれた」, for novel 「斬新」. 「古臭い」 stresses being dated rather than overused; formal 「凡庸」 mostly describes people.

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1. 頻繁ひんぱんに繰り返くりかえされ、つまらない様子ようす。使い古つかいふるされていること。ありふれていて、新鮮しんせんさが無ないこと。
2. 古ふるくなって価値かちや競争力きょうそうりょくを失うしなうこと。