Definition:
(adj.) Worn-out or tired, referring to an expression; spoken word that is repeated so often that it becomes tiresome.
Pronunciation:
trite
Also Known As:
Banal. hackneyed; pedestrian; stale, everyday
Examples:
"For a long time there was none, beyond the voice of a weak bird singing a trite old evening song that might doubtless have been heard on the hill at the same hour, and with the selfsame trills, quavers, and breves, at any sunset of that season for centuries untold." Thomas Hardy, Mayor of Casterbridge
"But though he had a fine flux of words, and delivered his little voice with great pomposity and pleasure to himself, and never advanced any sentiment or opinion which was not perfectly trite and stale..." William A. Thackeray, Vanity Fair
