English to English
trite
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adjective (a)
- Worn out; common; used until so common as to have lost novelty and interest; hackneyed; stale; as, a trite remark; a trite subject.(adjective)source: webster1913
adjective satellite (s)
- repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse(adj.all)Example:
His remarks were trite and commonplace.
The trite metaphor `hard as nails'.
Synonym:
banal, commonplace, hackneyed, old-hat, shopworn, stock, threadbare, timeworn, tired, well-wornsource: wordnet30
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