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Unoriginality as a result of being dull and hackneyed
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triteness
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WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. unoriginality as a result of being dull and hackneyed [syn: staleness ]
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Trite \Trite\ (tr[imac]t), a. [L. tritus, p. p. of terere to rub, to wear out; probably akin to E. throw. See Throw , and cf. Contrite , Detriment , Tribulation , Try .] Worn out; common; used until so common as to have lost novelty and interest; hackneyed; ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 (context uncountable English) The state or quality of being trite. 2 (context countable English) The result or product of being trite.
Usage examples of triteness.
Only on closer view did he mark the starved fancy and beauty, the stale and prosy triteness, and the owlish gravity and grotesque claims of solid truth which reigned boresomely and overwhelmingly among most of its professors.