1. a warmed-over dish; something reheated
Usage: from French
2. something that lacks freshness or originality; a rehash
Usage: figurative

Examples

• The restaurant served a rechauffe of yesterday’s soup.
• His speech was just a rechauffe of old campaign promises.
• She refused to eat the rechauffe, preferring something freshly prepared.
• The novel felt like a rechauffe of the author’s previous work.
• The chef apologized for offering only a rechauffe due to the late hour.
• Critics dismissed the film as a rechauffe of tired Hollywood formulas.