trite
adjective
lacking in freshness or effectiveness because of constant use or excessive repetition; hackneyed; stale.
triteness
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a word derived from
trite.
Example Sentences
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Some of those abilities—communication, critical thinking—are oft-repeated to the point of triteness.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 28, 2026
The triteness makes us uncertain how much of his impassioned purging is the truth.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 12, 2024
There are versions for neoliberals, YIMBYs, conservatives, conspiracists, fans of “The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills” and people irked by the triteness of the original sign.
From New York Times ● Oct. 29, 2021
But the conceit quickly gives way to redundancy and triteness, and we’re left trying to shake the image of Stephen Covey wearing a leather tunic with a feather in his cap.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 11, 2020
Omitting other ethnographic facts relative to the Eskimo, which might be treated in a systematic way except for their triteness, we pass from the means of the renewal of the animal economy to its reproduction.
From The First Landing on Wrangel Island With Some Remarks on the Northern Inhabitants by Irving C. (Irving Collins) Rosse
