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Worn out; common; used until so common as to have lost novelty and interest; hackneyed; stale; as, a trite remark; a trite subject.

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  1. a. Worn out; common; used until so common as to have lost novelty and interest; hackneyed; stale; as, a trite remark; a trite subject.
  2. adj. repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse
  3. Worn out; common; used until so common as to have lost novelty and interest; hackneyed; stale; as, a trite remark; a trite subject. -- Trite"ly, adv. -- Trite"ness, n.
  4. Worn out; common; used until so common as to have lost noveltyand interest; hackneyed; stale; as, a trite remark; a trite subject.-- Trite"ly, adv.-- Trite"ness, n.
  5. j:100 s repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse