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1. (adj.) trite
lacking in freshness or effectiveness because of constant use or excessive repetition; hackneyed.
2. trite
characterized by hackneyed expressions, ideas, etc.
Etymology: (1540–50; < L trītus worn, common, ptp. of terere to rub, wear down)
Definition of 'trite'
Princeton's WordNet
1. (adj) banal, commonplace, hackneyed, old-hat, shopworn, stock(a), threadbare, timeworn, tired, trite, well-worn
repeated too often; 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'"
Definition of 'trite'
Webster Dictionary
1. (adj) trite
worn out; common; used until so common as to have lost novelty and interest; hackneyed; stale; as, a trite remark; a trite subject
Sense: (of a remark, saying etc ) already said in exactly the same way so often that it no longer has any worth, effectiveness etc
His poetry is full of trite descriptions of nature.
Afrikaans: afgesaagde
Arabic: تافِه، مُبْتَذَل
Bulgarian: банален
Brazilian: banal / trivial / comum
Czech: otřelý
German: abgedroschen
Danish: klichéagtig
Greek: τετριμμένος, κοινότοπος
Spanish: banal
Estonian: kulunud, labane
Farsi: تکراری
Finnish: kulunut
French: banal
Hebrew: נָדוֹש
Hindi: पुराना प्रचलित
Croatian: otrcan
Hungarian: elcsépelt
Indonesian: berulang-ulang
Icelandic: útslitinn, margtugginn
Italian: trito
Japanese: ありふれた
Korean: (말, 표현 등이) 낡아 빠진, 진부한
Lithuanian: banalus, nuvalkiotas
Latvian: banāls; nodrāzts
Malay: basi, lapuk
Dutch: afgezaagd
Norwegian: forslitt, banal
Polish: oklepany
Persian: تکراری
Pashto: تکراری
Romanian: banal
Russian: банальный
Slovak: banálny, všedný
Slovenian: oguljen
Serbian: otrcan
Swedish: nött, banal
Thai: ซ้ำ ๆ ซาก ๆ
Turkish: basma kalıp, bayat
Taiwanese: 陳腐的(言詞)
Ukrainian: заяложений, банальний
Urdu: فرسودہ
Vietnamese: cũ rích, nhàm chán
Chinese: 陈腐的(言词)
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