Pronunciation Adjective
trite (comparative triter, superlative tritest)
- Often in reference to a word or phrase: used so many times that it is commonplace, or no longer interesting or effective; worn out, hackneyed.
- 1897, W. B. Kimberly, History of West Australia : A Narrative of Her Past together with Biographies of Her Leading Men:
- It is a trite saying in a young country that anyone starting out in life with the determination to become wealthy will have his wish gratified.
- 2007, Danielle Corsetto, Girls with Slingshots: 267 ↗:
- McPedro the cactus: How to woo a woman! On yehr fahrst date, don’t bring her cut flowers! That’s inhumane! And trite!
- 1897, W. B. Kimberly, History of West Australia : A Narrative of Her Past together with Biographies of Her Leading Men:
- (legal) So well established as to be beyond debate: trite law.
- 2017, Ontario Superior Court of Justice, Taucar v Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario, 2017 ONSC 2604 ↗:
- It is trite to say that the mere fact that a decision does not favour the applicant or that the applicant disagrees with the decision does not establish that the decision is tainted with bias.
- 2017, Ontario Superior Court of Justice, Taucar v Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario, 2017 ONSC 2604 ↗:
- See also Thesaurus:hackneyed
- French: banal, trivial, éculé
- German: banal, platt, nichtssagend, abgedroschen
- Portuguese: gasto, banal
- Russian: бана́льный
- Spanish: manido, trillado, trivial, tópico, estereotipado
trite (uncountable)
- A denomination of coinage in ancient Greece equivalent to one third of a stater.
- Trite, a genus of spiders, found in Australia, New Zealand and Oceania, of the family Salticidae.
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