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trite

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adj/tɹaɪt/[tɹʌɪt]/tɹɑet/
  1. 1

    used so many times that it is commonplace, or no longer interesting or effective; worn out, hackneyed.often

    • It is a trite saying in a young country that anyone starting out in life with the determination to become wealthy will have his wish gratified.
    • It is trite history – and trite law – to say that the law of the sea since that time [World War II] reflects a history of coastal State expansion.
  2. 2

    So well established as to be beyond debate: trite law.

    • It is trite to say that the mere fact that a decision does not favour the applicant or that the applicant disagrees with the decision does not establish that the decision is tainted with bias.
noun/tɹaɪt/[tɹʌɪt]/tɹɑet/
  1. 1

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

noun/tɹaɪt/[tɹʌɪt]/tɹɑet/
  1. 1

    In Ancient Greek musical theory, the lower-pitched of the two movable notes in the farther tetrachord on a lyre, pitched lower than the paranete and higher than the paramese.

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