банален adj (used so many times that it is commonplace, or no longer interesting or effective — see also hackneyed, worn-out)
изтъркан adj (used so many times that it is commonplace, or no longer interesting or effective — see also hackneyed, worn-out)

Chinese Mandarin

2 entries

平凡 adj (used so many times that it is commonplace, or no longer interesting or effective — see also hackneyed, worn-out)
陳腐 /陈腐 adj (used so many times that it is commonplace, or no longer interesting or effective — see also hackneyed, worn-out)

Czech

4 entries

banální adj (used so many times that it is commonplace, or no longer interesting or effective — see also hackneyed, worn-out)
otřelý adj (used so many times that it is commonplace, or no longer interesting or effective — see also hackneyed, worn-out)
otřepaný adj (used so many times that it is commonplace, or no longer interesting or effective — see also hackneyed, worn-out)
vyčpělý adj (used so many times that it is commonplace, or no longer interesting or effective — see also hackneyed, worn-out)

Dutch

3 entries

afgezaagd adj (used so many times that it is commonplace, or no longer interesting or effective — see also hackneyed, worn-out)
banaal adj (used so many times that it is commonplace, or no longer interesting or effective — see also hackneyed, worn-out)
versleten adj (used so many times that it is commonplace, or no longer interesting or effective — see also hackneyed, worn-out)

Finnish

3 entries

banaali adj (used so many times that it is commonplace, or no longer interesting or effective — see also hackneyed, worn-out)
kulunut adj (used so many times that it is commonplace, or no longer interesting or effective — see also hackneyed, worn-out)
lattea adj (used so many times that it is commonplace, or no longer interesting or effective — see also hackneyed, worn-out)

French

3 entries

banal adj (used so many times that it is commonplace, or no longer interesting or effective — see also hackneyed, worn-out)
trivial adj (used so many times that it is commonplace, or no longer interesting or effective — see also hackneyed, worn-out)
éculé adj (used so many times that it is commonplace, or no longer interesting or effective — see also hackneyed, worn-out)

German

4 entries

abgedroschen adj (used so many times that it is commonplace, or no longer interesting or effective — see also hackneyed, worn-out)
banal adj (used so many times that it is commonplace, or no longer interesting or effective — see also hackneyed, worn-out)
nichtssagend adj (used so many times that it is commonplace, or no longer interesting or effective — see also hackneyed, worn-out)
platt adj (used so many times that it is commonplace, or no longer interesting or effective — see also hackneyed, worn-out)

Greek

2 entries

κοινότοπος adj (used so many times that it is commonplace, or no longer interesting or effective — see also hackneyed, worn-out)
τετριμμένος adj (used so many times that it is commonplace, or no longer interesting or effective — see also hackneyed, worn-out)

Hungarian

3 entries

banális adj (used so many times that it is commonplace, or no longer interesting or effective — see also hackneyed, worn-out)
elcsépelt adj (used so many times that it is commonplace, or no longer interesting or effective — see also hackneyed, worn-out)
elkoptatott adj (used so many times that it is commonplace, or no longer interesting or effective — see also hackneyed, worn-out)

Ido

1 entries

triviala adj (used so many times that it is commonplace, or no longer interesting or effective — see also hackneyed, worn-out)

Irish

1 entries

seanchaite adj (used so many times that it is commonplace, or no longer interesting or effective — see also hackneyed, worn-out)

Japanese

2 entries

ありふれた adj (used so many times that it is commonplace, or no longer interesting or effective — see also hackneyed, worn-out)
陳腐な adj (used so many times that it is commonplace, or no longer interesting or effective — see also hackneyed, worn-out)

Manx

2 entries

ceaut adj (used so many times that it is commonplace, or no longer interesting or effective — see also hackneyed, worn-out)
shenn-cheaut adj (used so many times that it is commonplace, or no longer interesting or effective — see also hackneyed, worn-out)

Norwegian

1 entries

trivielt adj (used so many times that it is commonplace, or no longer interesting or effective — see also hackneyed, worn-out)

Portuguese

2 entries

banal adj (used so many times that it is commonplace, or no longer interesting or effective — see also hackneyed, worn-out)
gasto adj (used so many times that it is commonplace, or no longer interesting or effective — see also hackneyed, worn-out)

Russian

4 entries

бана́льный adj (used so many times that it is commonplace, or no longer interesting or effective — see also hackneyed, worn-out)
зата́сканный adj (used so many times that it is commonplace, or no longer interesting or effective — see also hackneyed, worn-out)
изби́тый adj (used so many times that it is commonplace, or no longer interesting or effective — see also hackneyed, worn-out)
шабло́нный adj (used so many times that it is commonplace, or no longer interesting or effective — see also hackneyed, worn-out)

Scottish Gaelic

1 entries

lom adj (used so many times that it is commonplace, or no longer interesting or effective — see also hackneyed, worn-out)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries

bànālan adj (used so many times that it is commonplace, or no longer interesting or effective — see also hackneyed, worn-out)
izlizan adj (used so many times that it is commonplace, or no longer interesting or effective — see also hackneyed, worn-out)
òtr̄cān adj (used so many times that it is commonplace, or no longer interesting or effective — see also hackneyed, worn-out)
ба̀на̄лан adj (used so many times that it is commonplace, or no longer interesting or effective — see also hackneyed, worn-out)

Slovene

1 entries

zguljen adj (used so many times that it is commonplace, or no longer interesting or effective — see also hackneyed, worn-out)

Spanish

4 entries

estereotipado adj (used so many times that it is commonplace, or no longer interesting or effective — see also hackneyed, worn-out)
manido adj (used so many times that it is commonplace, or no longer interesting or effective — see also hackneyed, worn-out)
trillado adj (used so many times that it is commonplace, or no longer interesting or effective — see also hackneyed, worn-out)
trivial adj (used so many times that it is commonplace, or no longer interesting or effective — see also hackneyed, worn-out)

Swedish

4 entries

banal adj (used so many times that it is commonplace, or no longer interesting or effective — see also hackneyed, worn-out)
sliten adj (used so many times that it is commonplace, or no longer interesting or effective — see also hackneyed, worn-out)
trivial adj (used so many times that it is commonplace, or no longer interesting or effective — see also hackneyed, worn-out)
utnött adj (used so many times that it is commonplace, or no longer interesting or effective — see also hackneyed, worn-out)

Ukrainian

3 entries

банальний adj (used so many times that it is commonplace, or no longer interesting or effective — see also hackneyed, worn-out)
заїжджений adj (used so many times that it is commonplace, or no longer interesting or effective — see also hackneyed, worn-out)
стоптаний adj (used so many times that it is commonplace, or no longer interesting or effective — see also hackneyed, worn-out)

Sample sentences

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The "twin tiger cubs get separated ..." story felt a bit trite.

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Falling in love is the one illogical adventure, the one thing of which we are tempted to think as supernatural, in our trite and reasonable world.

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It's either too trite to merit that level of innovation or awkward because the non-standard terminology gets in the way of the meaning.

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Here's an example of a semantic gamut: non-existent, unique, rare, uncommon, common, trite, worn-out, universal.

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