trite
Example Sentences
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Stocks, indexes, and call-option implied volatility are advancing to ever-higher highs, despite innumerable risks that are almost too trite to mention.
From Barron's • May 13, 2026
It may sound trite to say that football is more than a game, but for those who remained in Ukraine, it is important to see representatives of their country succeed on the international stage.
From BBC • Apr. 30, 2026
What Thompson-Hernández’s art so easily dispels, no matter the genre it finds a home in, are all the knotty, misguided and trite representations of otherness in our contemporary world.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 27, 2026
“It comes across as a little bit trite, and it’s lacking perspective. It’s not as if the universe is rotating around you, and it takes a level of maturity to see that.”
From MarketWatch • Jan. 23, 2026
“Well ... I assumed it was some kind of. . . occasion. But I didn’t think it would be some trite human thing . . . prom!”
From "Twilight" by Stephenie Meyer
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