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Definition of Trite

Trite

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

Trite Quotations

The trite saying that honesty is the best policy has met with the just criticism that honesty is not policy. The real honest man is honest from conviction of what is right, not from policy.
Robert E. Lee

My entire life has been an attempt to get back to the kind of feelings you have on a field. The sense of brotherhood, the esprit de corps, the focus - there being no past or future, just the ball. As trite as it sounds, I was happiest playing ball.
David Duchovny

It sounds trite to go after men who are nice but when you've been hurt a lot it becomes appealing.
Salma Hayek

It sounds so trite but in relationships, you have to communicate.
Peter Krause

Talking about the democratization of fashion is just one of the many trite things people say these days.
Miuccia Prada
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Trite Translations

trite in Afrikaans is alledaags
trite in Dutch is alledaags, afgezaagd, banaal
trite in French is banal
trite in German is abgedroschen
trite in Spanish is trivial

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