banal#1 (s)
commonplace (s)
hackneyed (s)
old-hat (s)
shopworn (s)
stock(a) (s)
threadbare (s)
timeworn (s)
tired (s)
trite (s)
well-worn (s)

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type s
lex_filenum 00
def repeated too often
def overfamiliar through overuse
examples bromidic sermons
his remarks were trite and commonplace
hackneyed
a stock answer
repeating threadbare
parroting some timeworn
the trite
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Derivationally related form trite → triteness
Derivationally related form commonplace → commonplace
Derivationally related form banal → banality
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Derived from adjective tritely → trite
Derivationally related form triteness → trite
Derivationally related form commonplace → commonplace
Derivationally related form banality → banal

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