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Adjective: trite (triter,tritest)  trIt
  1. Repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse
    "his remarks were trite and commonplace"; "the trite metaphor 'hard as nails'"
    - banal, commonplace, hackneyed, old-hat, shopworn [N. Amer], stock, threadbare, timeworn, tired, well-worn, shop-soiled [Brit]

Derived forms: triter, tritest

See also: tritely, triteness, unoriginal

Encyclopedia: Trite

Nearest

trispectrum
Tristan
Tristan Tzara
triste
tristearin
tristesse
Tristram
trisyllable
tritanopia
tritanopic
trite
tritely
triteness
tritheism
tritheist
Triticum
Triticum aestivum
Triticum aestivum spelta
Triticum dicoccum
Triticum dicoccum dicoccoides
Triticum durum