Word Choice – Is There a Word for ‘Too Much of Something That People Lose Interest’?

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For example, there is a new style of shoe, and when there are only a few people who wear it, it's hip and trendy, but now everybody has a pair and it's ______. Or, there's a new and popular product that has a stupid sounding name. It's so popular and the name is said so often that the name doesn't sound stupid any more. The name has become _______.

Best Answer

... but now everybody has a pair and it's passé:

ADJECTIVE

[PREDICATIVE] 1 No longer fashionable; out of date:

miniskirts are passé—the best skirts are knee-length

The name has become a cliché:

NOUN

1 A phrase or opinion that is overused and betrays a lack of original thought:

In the same way that an overused phrase inevitably becomes a cliché, a recurring joke sooner or later loses impact.

or

The name has become banal:

ADJECTIVE

So lacking in originality as to be obvious and boring:

songs with banal, repeated words

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