triteness

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Some of those abilities—communication, critical thinking—are oft-repeated to the point of triteness.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 28, 2026

But the conceit quickly gives way to redundancy and triteness, and we’re left trying to shake the image of Stephen Covey wearing a leather tunic with a feather in his cap.

From Washington Post • Nov. 11, 2020

Cut to, “Family and friends!” or, “My successful polyp-removal surgery!” or some such triteness.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 24, 2019

But universality is a thin line that separates the obvious from the enlightening; things that everyone feels risk triteness when turned into art.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 9, 2018

Apart from its triteness and emptiness, the paragraph above is weak because of the structure of its sentences, with their mechanical symmetry and sing-song.

From A Foreword to the Panama-Pacific International Exposition by James, Juliet Helena Lumbard