Meaning of trite in English
Classifying Adjective
triteDefinitions
1. repeated too oftenExamples
- « overfamiliar through overuse »
- « bromidic sermons »
- « his remarks were trite and commonplace »
- « hackneyed phrases »
- « a stock answer »
- « repeating threadbare jokes »
- « parroting some timeworn axiom »
- « the trite metaphor 'hard as nails' »
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