Twice-told

adj

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Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    hackneyed; cliché not-comparable

    "a twice-told tale"

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chaindoubledduplicatedplagiarizedreiteraterepeated

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"[…] the fact that repetition makes for dullness and that a fresh mind may well be able to introduce a new and hence a more effective approach to what has become rather more than a twice-told tale."

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