trite

Plural: trites

Adjective Satellite

• repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse
  • "his remarks were trite and commonplace"
  • "the trite metaphor `hard as nails'"

Adj

• Often in reference to a word or phrase: used so many times that it is commonplace, or no longer interesting or effective; worn out, hackneyed.
• So well established as to be beyond debate: trite law.

Noun

• A denomination of coinage in ancient Greece equivalent to one third of a stater.

Adjective

• Overused and consequently lacking originality or freshness; commonplace.

Examples

• His opponent’s use of ’ATE’ for the fifth time felt utterly trite and uninspired in Words With Friends.

Synonyms

banal, commonplace, hackneyed, old-hat, shopworn, stock, threadbare, timeworn, tired, well-worn

Related Words

cliché, TRITELY

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