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Syn: antique, old-fashioned, outmoded, out-of-date, passe,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]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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, 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]
WordNet (r) 2.0
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