Trite

Word TRITE
Character 5
Hyphenation trite
Pronunciations /tɹaɪt/

Definitions and meanings of "Trite"

What do we mean by trite?

Not evoking interest because of overuse or repetition; hackneyed. adjective

Rubbed; frayed; worn.

Hence Used till so common as to have lost its novelty and interest; commonplace; worn out; hackneyed; stale.

In ancient Greek music, the third tone (from the top) of the conjunct, disjunct, and extreme tetrachords. See tetrachord. noun

Worn out; common; used until so common as to have lost novelty and interest; hackneyed; stale adjective

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

Trite, a genus of spiders, found in Australia, New Zealand and Oceania, of the family Salticidae. noun

Worn out; hackneyed; used so many times that it is no longer interesting or effective (often in reference to a word or phrase). adjective

Repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse adjective

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.

So well established as to be beyond debate: trite law.

An overused or outdated expression Urban Dictionary

Corny; lacking in freshness or effectiveness because of constant use or excessive repetition Urban Dictionary

Overused Urban Dictionary

A very very small amount. Urban Dictionary

When something is so overused and unoriginal that it feels too dull to be worth your attention. A perfect word for dead memes. Urban Dictionary

The blending of true and right. Urban Dictionary

The act of (typically a man) lasting for less than 30 seconds in bed because they’re a pansy or when they only know how to have sex in one position Urban Dictionary

Synonyms and Antonyms for Trite

The word "trite" in example sentences

Anderson avoided what he called the trite "dancing natives on the beach," so popular in the ❋ Unknown (2010)

Why do fools speak in trite cliched meaningless phrasing? ❋ Unknown (2010)

(Notice how wrong trite is for this slot, how it ruins things in the worst of ways, how a different word might make it all rite/right.). ❋ Unknown (2010)

I had never heard someone use the word trite in actual conversation before. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Maybe she's confused by your claim because she knows what the word trite actually means. ❋ Ann Althouse (2008)

He is liberal in trite reflections and frigid conceits (i. 19, 55, 97, 103, 107, in fact everywhere); and his puns run through whole lines; this in fine Sanskrit style is inevitable. ❋ Unknown (2006)

Anne McLean translates Vásquez’s generally artful prose, with the latter being an author who doesn’t indulge in trite metaphor. ❋ Unknown (2010)

This butterfly effect is cited so frequently that the example has become trite, which is too bad because society still behaves as if the phenomenon does not exist. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Although the principle has its detractors – it has been called a trite and circular argument – its importance in the development of ecology can not be overstated for at least two reasons. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Indeed, I suppose it can not be called a trite saying in the true sense of the term. ❋ Adoniram Judson Ladd (N/A)

At risk of sounding trite, that is a much bigger problem than proving whether or not there is a g-spot - though such definitive proof might speak to that. ❋ Unknown (2010)

He called it "trite", arguing that a criminal could refuse their sentence on the grounds of doing to others as you would have done to you. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Industry sources have told SpaceDaily that the patent is regarded as legally "trite", as basic physics has been rebranded as a "process", and that the patent wouldn't stand up to any significant level of court scrutiny and was only registered at the time because "the patent office was incompetent when it came to space matters". ❋ Unknown (2008)

Now doesn't this issue and the TV/radio pieces instantly render the "celebrity" ads to be so nakedly trite, meaningless and (actually) forgotten? ❋ Unknown (2009)

A more ambiguous piece of trite, meaningless drivel could not have dripped out of the mouth of George W. Bush. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Far from being 'trite' or 'mistaken' these things happened just as Jesus had predicted. ❋ James F. McGrath (2009)

Sounds kind of trite with everything else I just listed. ❋ Stephanie (2008)

"[Hung like a horse]" is a trite [expression] ❋ Sportster_16301 (2003)

Yo, you ain't saying nothing new. [You mad] trite! -That was a [hot ass] rap I spit, right? -Nah, nigga [you mad] trite. ❋ LL Fools (2009)

That [dildo] is so trite. ❋ Entropy (2003)

[The boy] asked for a [trite] amount of [hot sauce] as he could not handle a large amount. ❋ Joker123321 (2018)

Person 1: Guys i wrote amogus on the teachers [whiteboard]! Person 2: Wow, that's really... something. Person 3: Dude, [I love you, but] that meme is [trite] af. ❋ Lwwly (2022)

Person #1: He know he was [wrong] for [treating] her [like that]! Person #2: Trite! Trite! ❋ Traciee Sinclair (2011)

“[Ugh], [Stacey], [Brian] is such a trite samurai.” ❋ FlickmuhDick (2022)

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