The "twin tiger cubs get separated ..." story felt a bit trite.
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Trite
/tɹaɪt/
Synonyms for "trite" (155 found)
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Closest matches (31)
Adjective(9 words)
airyasinineautomaticback numberback-numberbanalbatheticbeatenbedriddenbewhiskeredbromidiccatchpennychainclicheclichedcoldcommoncommonly knowncommonplaceconstant
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Noun(1 words)
cliché
Strong matches (47)
Related words (77)
Adjective(16 words)
overdoneoverusedpredictableshopwornstalestalerstereotypedstereotypicalstockthreadbaretimeworntiredtriterwell known collegewell worn refrainwell-worn
overworkedpedestrianpersistentplatitudinousprosaicproverbialpublicready-maderecurrentrecurringregularrepetitiveroutinesetshallowshopwornsillyslenderslightsquare
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stalestereotypedstocksuperficialtalked abouttalked-abouttalked-ofthreadbaretime-worntimeworntiredtriflingtrivialtruistictwice-tolduniversally admitteduniversally recognizedunoriginalused upusualvacuousvainvapidwarmed overwarmed-overwell-kennedwell-knownwell-recognizedwell-troddenwell-understoodwell-wornwidely knownwindywornworn thinworn-out
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3 entriesevaluative descriptorlinguistic featurerhetorical device
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9 entriesbanal phraseclichéclichéd generalityformulaic clausehackneyed remarkhackneyed tropepedestrian dictionstock expressionstock stereotype
Collocations
6 entriestrite explanationtrite phrasetrite remarktrite slogantrite stereotypetrite trope
Inflections
2 entriesDerivations
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1 entriesSample sentences
13 total sentences available.
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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Showing 4 of 13 available sentences.