[ UK /tɹˈa‍ɪt/ ]
[ US /ˈtɹaɪt/ ]
ADJECTIVE
  1. repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse
    a stock answer
    his remarks were trite and commonplace
    parroting some timeworn axiom
    bromidic sermons
    the trite metaphor `hard as nails'
    repeating threadbare jokes
    hackneyed phrases
    bromidic sermons
    a stock answer
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How To Use trite In A Sentence

  • The Plover is to be communicated with each year by a man-of-war — the Amphitrite is the next. The International Monthly Magazine - Volume V - No II
  • Like sausages, bacon tends to be very salty and may also be preserved with the chemical sodium nitrite, which has been linked to an increased risk of stomach cancer.
  • That was rude of me, Colbert says, faux contritely. Stephen Colbert walks out on 'The View'
  • Maybe she's confused by your claim because she knows what the word trite actually means. Okay. I'm up for it tonight. I'm live-blogging Hillary Night at the Democratic Convention.
  • As for the remaining four songs, 'Wrapped Around Your Finger' and 'Tea In The Sahara' are doomy ciphers, the former possibly about marriage, the latter open to a handful of interpretations, none of them exactly upbeat, while 'Synchronicity I' is a trifle explaining the title concept and the monster hit 'Every Breath You Take', is ostensibly a trite love song with it's icy and obsessive core just barely concealed. Synchronicity
  • It may sound trite, cliche, corny, even, but I would like to thank my parents.
  • Production of the weak acid nitrite and excretion of undissociated nitric acid may help to stabilize cytosolic pH.
  • his remarks were trite and commonplace
  • Viv," I said, contrite, and reached out a hand: I was greatly shaken, not having expected her tears. Port Eternity
  • ‘It was also clear that he was genuinely contrite and that he had never previously been in any kind of trouble with the police,’ he said.
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