What words would you consider to be the most overused? I'm thinking about doing a project that involves synonyms, and I'm trying to come up with 5-15 or so words that are particularly overused.
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For me, my worst use of a word as a crutch has to be "interesting." When I write a reaction paper to a reading at school, I find myself using it in way too many sentences, often adjacent to each other. It's just so useful to have a word that says something is worthy of consideration without adding any connotations that could mess with the point I'm trying to make.
"Bad" and "good" are also obvious, but almost too obvious, since every teacher points those out.
I'm thinking I'd like a focus on adjectives in particular, but the idea's still kind of developing.