trite

IPA: trˈaɪt

A denomination of coinage in ancient Greece equivalent to one third of a stater.

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.
(law) So well established as to be beyond debate: trite law.

Examples of "trite" in Sentences

Why do fools speak in trite cliched meaningless phrasing?
I had never heard someone use the word trite in actual conversation before.
Maybe she's confused by your claim because she knows what the word trite actually means.
Anderson avoided what he called the trite "dancing natives on the beach," so popular in the
Anne McLean translates Vásquez’s generally artful prose, with the latter being an author who doesn’t indulge in trite metaphor.
(Notice how wrong trite is for this slot, how it ruins things in the worst of ways, how a different word might make it all rite/right.).
This butterfly effect is cited so frequently that the example has become trite, which is too bad because society still behaves as if the phenomenon does not exist.
He is liberal in trite reflections and frigid conceits (i. 19, 55, 97, 103, 107, in fact everywhere); and his puns run through whole lines; this in fine Sanskrit style is inevitable.
Although the principle has its detractors – it has been called a trite and circular argument – its importance in the development of ecology can not be overstated for at least two reasons.