old news

Frequency: 7.012.8 per million words

Information that is no longer new or interesting.

newsADJECTIVE + news

Categories:

old

Examples (10)

  • That scandal is old news now; nobody cares anymore.
  • For many, the climate change report felt like old news.
  • Don't tell him that; it's already old news.
  • His latest achievement, while impressive, was old news by the time it reached the papers.
  • She considered his complaints old news and moved on.
  • The political drama quickly became old news after the election.
  • Why are you still talking about that? It's old news!
  • New technology quickly makes previous innovations old news.
  • The company's financial struggles are old news to investors.
  • By noon, yesterday's headlines were already old news.