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trite
Synonyms and Antonyms of trite
used or heard so often as to be dull
banal, cliché (also cliche), clichéd, cobwebby, commonplace, hack, hackney, hackneyed, moth-eaten, musty, obligatory, shopworn, stale, stereotyped, threadbare, timeworn, tired, well-worn
bromidic, platitudinal, platitudinous
canned, cardboard, conventional, cookie-cutter, derivative, imitative, ready-made, tried-and-true, unimaginative, uninspired, unoriginal
normal, ordinary, rote, routine, standard, stock, typical, usual
arid, barren, boring, colorless, drab, dreary, drudging, dry, dull, dusty, flat, heavy, ho-hum, humdrum, jading, jejune, leaden, mind-numbing, monotonous, numbing, old, pedantic, pedestrian, ponderous, prosaic, stodgy, stuffy, tame, tedious, tiresome, tiring, undramatic, uninteresting, vapid, wearisome, weary, wearying
Synonym Discussion of trite
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- "you win some, you lose some" is a trite expression
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- all of the metaphors and images in the poem are hackneyed
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- views of minorities that are stereotyped and out-of-date
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- a mystery novel with a threadbare plot
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