Often in reference to a word or phrase: used so many times that it is commonplace, or no longer interesting or effective; worn out, hackneyed.
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.
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.
A denomination of coinage in ancient Greece equivalent to one third of a stater.
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.
From Latin trītus (“worn out”), perfect passive participle of terō (“I wear away, wear out”).
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