Vocabulary Word
Word: trite
Definition: hackneyed; commonplace
Definition: hackneyed; commonplace
Sentences Containing 'trite'
All this will sound very trite to students of any mettle, but there are large numbers who waste no end of time working in a purely mechanical, lifeless way, and with their minds anywhere but concentrated upon the work before them.
"I found her more interesting than her little problem, which, by the way, is rather a trite one.
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::: cursive - (of writing) flowing; running; having the successive letters joined
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::: unconscionable - unscrupulous; not guided by conscience; excessive; beyond reason; Ex. unconscionable demand
::: bowdlerize - expurgate; CF. Thomas Bowdler
::: lilliputian - extremely small; CF. Lilliput in Gulliver's Travels
::: propound - put forth for consideration or analysis; set forth; Ex. propound a problem/theory
::: opulence - extreme wealth; luxuriousness; abundance; ADJ. opulent: possessing great wealth; abundant
::: desultory - aimless; haphazard; digressing at random
