• enPR: trīt, IPA: /tɹaɪt/

From "worn out," a form of the verb terō ("I wear away, wear out").

trite (comparative triter, superlative tritest)

1. 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!

2. (legal) So well established#Adjective 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.

• See also Thesaurus:hackneyed

• French: banal, éculé, trivial
• German: abgedroschen, banal, nichtssagend, platt
• Portuguese: banal, gasto
• Russian: бана́льный
• Spanish: estereotipado, manido, tópico, trillado, trivial

trite (plural trites)

1. A denomination of coinage in ancient Greece equivalent to one third of a stater.

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Salticidae – certain jumping spiders.