TRITE

(adj.) repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse
"bromidic sermons", "his remarks were trite and commonplace", "hackneyed phrases", "a stock answer", "repeating threadbare jokes", "parroting some timeworn axiom", "the trite metaphor `hard as nails'"
synonyms : banal , tired , timeworn , threadbare , stock , shopworn , old-hat , hackneyed , commonplace , well-worn
the article she came up with had no matter to it- just banal stuff. -added by diviya_inlas

Mnemonics for trite

(Tag: ) trite = tri +it ( so sounds like try + it) She made the same dish all the time and give it to her friends saying, 'try it' ... as it is repeated so many times, it becomes over familiar.
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(Tag: ) trite sounds like tried...when smthng is tried again n again it bcomes hackneyed
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(Tag: ) TRITE = TRI + TE(SEE) = TRI + SEE = see 3 times = common
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(Tag: english) TRITE=TRI(3)+TEA...so all of em taste the SAME en COMMON!!!..hope u like it
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(Tag: ) TRITE is to give something no RESPITE (without any rest whatsoever) - to keep it continuously in use over and over again.
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