trite

(noun, adjective)

adjective

1. repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse

- his remarks were trite and commonplace

- the trite metaphor `hard as nails'

Similar word(s): unoriginal, banal, commonplace, hackneyed, shopworn, stock, threadbare, timeworn, tired

noun

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

2. Trite, a genus of spiders, found in Australia, New Zealand and Oceania, of the family Salticidae.