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    trite - Dictionary definition and meaning for word trite

    Definition
    (adj) repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse
    Example Sentence
    • bromidic sermons
    • his remarks were trite and commonplace
    • hackneyed phrases
    • a stock answer
    • repeating threadbare jokes
    • parroting some timeworn axiom
    • the trite metaphor `hard as nails'
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for trite

trite = tri +it ( so sounds like try + it) She made the same dish all the time and give it to her friends saying, 'try it' ... as it is repeated so many times, it becomes over familiar.

trite sounds like tried...when smthng is tried again n again it bcomes hackneyed

TRITE = TRI + TE(SEE) = TRI + SEE = see 3 times = common

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TRITE is to give something no RESPITE (without any rest whatsoever) - to keep it continuously in use over and over again.

TRITE=TRI(3)+TEA...so all of em taste the SAME en COMMON!!!..hope u like it

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