trite

It might seem trite, but there is a sizeable group of Chelsea supporters who believe in the so-called curse.

From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026

Fanning adds that she is genuinely honored by the nominations, no matter how trite it may sound.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 19, 2026

Yes, it’s trite, but most clichés have an element of truth.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 13, 2026

Here, as trite as it sounds, laughter is medicine.

From Salon ● Jul. 12, 2026

On General Hospital or Guiding Light a similar story might come off as trite or even laughable.

From "Me Talk Pretty One Day" by David Sedaris

The resultant essay, titled “E Unibus Pluram,” took special pains not to descend into lazy “anti-TV paranoia,” “far cruder and triter than what the critics complain about.”

From Salon ● Jul. 12, 2015

The “life lessons that our innocent hero learns may sound like the tritest of homilies,” Stephen Holden wrote in his review for The Times.

From New York Times ● Sep. 8, 2018

I ask her the tritest question of them all next – what advice would you give to others who are struggling?

From The Guardian ● Apr. 28, 2018

The tritest way is that we get to inhabit other lands, other customs, other personalities.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 28, 2016

The tritest of all exercises in voyeuristic celebrity worship, that flimsy fold-up guide to the homes of actors and actresses represents the ultimate divide between the “haves” and “have-nots.”

From Washington Times ● Feb. 25, 2015

That the surface of humanity presented an infinite variety was the tritest of facts.

From Gaston de Latour; an unfinished romance by Walter Pater