trite
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6.6
- adjective
- /traɪt/
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trillado
- Trite but true, youth is wasted on the young.
- sounds trite
- seems trite
- even trite
Not to sound trite, but you guys know me.
- Not to sound trite, but you guys know me.
- And it sounds really trite, like most of these truths, they sound kind of banal.
- And as I just told you, that could seem trite and silly and ridiculous to an intellectual.
- I generally don't like people who rely on trite catch phrases to be their own catch phrase.
- You know, the only piece of advice that I remember being valuable is that trite comment of it all goes by too fast.
- My hope is in Jesus, honestly, And I don't say that to be trite.
- That's that's too trite, but still hurtful stereotypes to my people.
- This sounds so trite, but show up your best, like the best you.
- You know, with all the other shit that's going on, it feels a bit trite to sort of go, oh, but think of the artists.
- Like that whole sort of worldview almost feels trite and obvious and kind of in some ways like old.
- But just a few reflections for me is, is the first one is just do the work, which sounds really trite and easy, but it's not.
- And I know you went through a period where we all knew you where I guess it was you could say, or is it trite to say self medicating?
- I, I think we were, you know, I hate to say this and it's maybe trite, but going through the pandemic, we all came out stronger.
- And that could seem trite and silly and ridiculous to an intellectual, but thoughts are things.
Examples
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"Maybe you could go back to school," I said, sounding trite and insincere.
Fiction book (1991) -
I I have faith that I tried my best and that sounds so trite and I wish that it didn't.
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I mean, that might sound trite, but, but this is my job.
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Not to sound trite, but you guys know me.
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It's just a trite, easy target.
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It's really trite to say it starts at the top, but it really, it really does.
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I found it flat and trite.
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I thought of things to say to her, but every one of them sounded trite.
Fiction book (2002) -
Five years ago, I would have said something trite like, "Chivalry is dead."
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Many people find the phrase 'think outside the box' to be trite due to its overuse.
Synonyms
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4.4
An idea or phrase used so often that it feels boring
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5.8
Not original and trying to be touching but it feels silly
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3.4
Ordinary and not special or new
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3.1
Not new or interesting because of repetition
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7.2
Used so often that it feels boring
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5.3
Something that is boring because it has no variety
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7.6
No longer original or interesting because people use it so often
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5.1
Showing the same thing again and again in a boring way
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4.6
A phrase or idea used so often that it is no longer interesting
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7.9
Not interesting because people use it too often
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6.4
An idea or phrase used so often that it is no longer interesting
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5.4
Not new because people use it too often and it is easy to guess
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4.7
A phrase or idea used so often that it no longer seems new
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7.4
Used so often it feels like a boring idea
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6.8
No longer new or fashionable
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Full of old or obvious ideas that seem important
Not original, dull and trying to seem important
Boring because it uses words or ideas people hear many times
Prepared speech or reply that always sounds the same
Something that is common and not special
Antonyms
How Trite
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word trite comes from the Latin tritus, meaning 'rubbed' or 'worn'. So a trite remark is like a shoe worn down by use: it is old, dull, and no longer fresh.