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trite

adjective

Repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse

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Word length
5
Starts with
T
Ends with
E
Contains
RI
Scrabble score
5

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adjective

  1. Repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse

    “His remarks were trite and commonplace”

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His remarks were trite and commonplace
Hackneyed phrases
A stock answer
Repeating threadbare jokes
Parroting some timeworn axiom
The trite metaphor ‘hard as nails’

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