trite
pronunciation
How to pronounce trite in British English:
UK [traɪt]
How to pronounce trite in American English:
US [traɪt]
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- Adjective:
- repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse
Word Origin
- trite
- trite: see throw
- trite (adj.)
- "used till so common as to have lost its novelty and interest," 1540s, from Latin tritus "worn, oft-trodden," of language "much-used, familiar, commonplace," past participle adjective from terere "to rub, wear down" (see throw (v.)). Related: Tritely; triteness.
Example
- 1. Better , surely , to face the coming storm on that foundation , than on a trite slogan that could be your undoing .
- 2. I know that that sounds almost trite to say it , but they have to get involved .
- 3. Evil loomed large and dramatic on the face of the planet , and it was something of a shock to find its incarnation in such commonplace , trite human beings as eichmann and the thousands of others who were simply " obeying orders " .
- 4. Repeated too often ; trite or hackneyed .
- 5. In fact the photo would have made the idea trite .