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trite
1. adj. 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.
2. adj. (legal) So well established as to be beyond debate: trite law.
3. n. A denomination of coinage in ancient Greece equivalent to one third of a stater.
4. n. , a genus of spiders, found in Australia, New Zealand and Oceania, of the family Salticidae.

Example Sentences

Either way, you would be happy if the result were not so trite.

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