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tritetrite /traɪt/ adjective   triteOrigin: 1500-1600 Latin tritus, past participle of terere ‘to rub, wear out’ - I know it might sound like a trite remark, but mothers usually know best.
- The movie's dialogue is trite and uninspired.
- And he ended with a homily, trite or profound according to taste.
- As trite as the saying has become, it remains none the less true.
- Besides, I reasoned they would be trite.
- Contrived plotting, such as marriages of convenience, trite misunderstandings and mistaken identities, should be avoided.
- I know it sounds trite, but you're so lucky to have your son.
- Their conversations had hardly gone beyond the tritest pleasantries.
- This trite communication put an end to Emma's overtures and she began to fade from their lives.
words, remarks, ideas etc that have been used too much► over-used used too much and therefore no longer interesting or effective: · 'Creative' is an over-used word nowadays and is difficult to define.· His lecture turned out to be full of unoriginal material and over-used examples. ► stale no longer interesting or exciting because of having been used too much: · Nicholson's routine was full of stale old jokes that we'd all heard before.· stale advertising images ► trite a trite remark, idea etc has been used so often, that is seems boring or not sincere: · I know it might sound like a trite remark, but mothers usually know best. ► be wearing thin if an excuse, an argument, someone's behaviour etc is wearing thin , it has been used so often that it no longer has any effect and is annoying: · Her rebellious teenager act is wearing thin. After all, she's nearly twenty-five.be wearing a bit/a little thin: · That joke is wearing a bit thin now, Stuart. ► clichéd speech, writing or an idea that is clichéd is boring and without real meaning, because it is not original at all: · the clichéd openings of jokes like, "Have you heard the one about...?"· We work well together and we are really good friends. I know it sounds clichéd but it's the truth. ► hackneyed a hackneyed phrase, statement etc is boring and does not have much meaning because it has been used so often before: · Politicians tend to repeat the same hackneyed expressions over and over again.· All those slogans we used to chant sound so hackneyed now. a trite remark, idea etc is boring, not new, and insincere:  Her remarks sounded trite and ill-informed.—triteness noun [uncountable]—tritely adverb: tritely familiar replies |