platitudinal

[plat-i-tood-n-uhl, -tyood-] / ˌplæt ɪˈtud n əl, -ˈtyud- /

ADJECTIVE

trite

Synonyms

WEAK

banal bathetic bromidic cliched clichéd common commonplace cornball corny drained dull exhausted familiar tune flat hackneyed hokey jejune mildewed moth-eaten musty old hat ordinary overused overworked pedestrian platitudinous prosaic ready-made routine run-of-the-mill set shopworn stale stereotyped stereotypic stereotypical stock threadbare timeworn tired uninspired unoriginal used-up vapid warmed-over well-worn worn worn-out

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Goodell’s testimony to the committee in June was a lot of platitudinal verbal litter.

From Washington Post

Despite the ubiquity of self-help literature, mindfulness trainings, and religious rhetoric that reframes platitudinal advice that we should “stop and smell the roses,” your critics prefer to invalidate your enthusiasm.

From Forbes

Things that had seemed drearily theoretical, dry, axiomatic, platitudinal, showed themselves to be great generalizations from a torrent of human effort and mortal endeavour.

From Project Gutenberg

The conversation, owing to the intervention of other of the guests, became general and platitudinal.

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