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"word": "trite law"
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},
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},
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"3": "",
"4": "I wear away, wear out"
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"etymology_text": "From Latin trītus \"worn out,\" a form of the verb terō (“I wear away, wear out”).",
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"ref": "1897, W. B. Kimberly, History of West Australia : A Narrative of Her Past together with Biographies of Her Leading Men",
"text": "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.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "1994, Anthony Bergin, “The High Seas Regime – Pacific Trends and Developments”, in James Crawford, Donald R. Rothwell, editors, The Law of the Sea in the Asian Pacific Region: Developments and Prospects, Dordrecht: Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, page 183",
"text": "It is trite history – and trite law – to say that the law of the sea since that time [World War II] reflects a history of coastal State expansion.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2007, Danielle Corsetto, Girls with Slingshots: 267",
"text": "McPedro the cactus: How to woo a woman! On yehr fahrst date, don’t bring her cut flowers! That’s inhumane! And trite!",
"type": "quotation"
}
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"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."
],
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],
[
"effective",
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"hackneyed"
]
],
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"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "iztǎrkan",
"sense": "used so many times that it is commonplace, or no longer interesting or effective — see also hackneyed, worn-out",
"word": "изтъркан"
},
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"roman": "banalen",
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"word": "банален"
},
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"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "used so many times that it is commonplace, or no longer interesting or effective — see also hackneyed, worn-out",
"word": "陳腐"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 8",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "chénfǔ",
"sense": "used so many times that it is commonplace, or no longer interesting or effective — see also hackneyed, worn-out",
"word": "陈腐"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 8",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "píngfán",
"sense": "used so many times that it is commonplace, or no longer interesting or effective — see also hackneyed, worn-out",
"word": "平凡"
},
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"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "used so many times that it is commonplace, or no longer interesting or effective — see also hackneyed, worn-out",
"word": "banální"
},
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"code": "cs",
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"sense": "used so many times that it is commonplace, or no longer interesting or effective — see also hackneyed, worn-out",
"word": "otřelý"
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"sense": "used so many times that it is commonplace, or no longer interesting or effective — see also hackneyed, worn-out",
"word": "afgezaagd"
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"word": "versleten"
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "used so many times that it is commonplace, or no longer interesting or effective — see also hackneyed, worn-out",
"word": "banaali"
},
{
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "used so many times that it is commonplace, or no longer interesting or effective — see also hackneyed, worn-out",
"word": "kulunut"
},
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"word": "lattea"
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"sense": "used so many times that it is commonplace, or no longer interesting or effective — see also hackneyed, worn-out",
"word": "banal"
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"word": "éculé"
},
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"lang": "French",
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"word": "trivial"
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"_dis1": "92 8",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "used so many times that it is commonplace, or no longer interesting or effective — see also hackneyed, worn-out",
"word": "abgedroschen"
},
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"_dis1": "92 8",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "used so many times that it is commonplace, or no longer interesting or effective — see also hackneyed, worn-out",
"word": "banal"
},
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"_dis1": "92 8",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "used so many times that it is commonplace, or no longer interesting or effective — see also hackneyed, worn-out",
"word": "nichtssagend"
},
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "used so many times that it is commonplace, or no longer interesting or effective — see also hackneyed, worn-out",
"word": "platt"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 8",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "koinótopos",
"sense": "used so many times that it is commonplace, or no longer interesting or effective — see also hackneyed, worn-out",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "κοινότοπος"
},
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"_dis1": "92 8",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "tetrimménos",
"sense": "used so many times that it is commonplace, or no longer interesting or effective — see also hackneyed, worn-out",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "τετριμμένος"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 8",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "used so many times that it is commonplace, or no longer interesting or effective — see also hackneyed, worn-out",
"word": "banális"
},
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"_dis1": "92 8",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "used so many times that it is commonplace, or no longer interesting or effective — see also hackneyed, worn-out",
"word": "elcsépelt"
},
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"_dis1": "92 8",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "used so many times that it is commonplace, or no longer interesting or effective — see also hackneyed, worn-out",
"word": "elkoptatott"
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"_dis1": "92 8",
"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"sense": "used so many times that it is commonplace, or no longer interesting or effective — see also hackneyed, worn-out",
"word": "triviala"
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"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "used so many times that it is commonplace, or no longer interesting or effective — see also hackneyed, worn-out",
"word": "seanchaite"
},
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"_dis1": "92 8",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "arifureta",
"sense": "used so many times that it is commonplace, or no longer interesting or effective — see also hackneyed, worn-out",
"word": "ありふれた"
},
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"alt": "ちんぷな",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "chinpu-na",
"sense": "used so many times that it is commonplace, or no longer interesting or effective — see also hackneyed, worn-out",
"word": "陳腐な"
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"code": "gv",
"lang": "Manx",
"sense": "used so many times that it is commonplace, or no longer interesting or effective — see also hackneyed, worn-out",
"word": "ceaut"
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"code": "gv",
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"sense": "used so many times that it is commonplace, or no longer interesting or effective — see also hackneyed, worn-out",
"word": "shenn-cheaut"
},
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"_dis1": "92 8",
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "used so many times that it is commonplace, or no longer interesting or effective — see also hackneyed, worn-out",
"word": "trivielt"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 8",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "used so many times that it is commonplace, or no longer interesting or effective — see also hackneyed, worn-out",
"word": "banal"
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"_dis1": "92 8",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "used so many times that it is commonplace, or no longer interesting or effective — see also hackneyed, worn-out",
"word": "gasto"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 8",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "banálʹnyj",
"sense": "used so many times that it is commonplace, or no longer interesting or effective — see also hackneyed, worn-out",
"word": "бана́льный"
},
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"_dis1": "92 8",
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"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "izbítyj",
"sense": "used so many times that it is commonplace, or no longer interesting or effective — see also hackneyed, worn-out",
"word": "изби́тый"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 8",
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"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "šablónnyj",
"sense": "used so many times that it is commonplace, or no longer interesting or effective — see also hackneyed, worn-out",
"word": "шабло́нный"
},
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"_dis1": "92 8",
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"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "zatáskannyj",
"sense": "used so many times that it is commonplace, or no longer interesting or effective — see also hackneyed, worn-out",
"word": "зата́сканный"
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"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "used so many times that it is commonplace, or no longer interesting or effective — see also hackneyed, worn-out",
"word": "lom"
},
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"_dis1": "92 8",
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"sense": "used so many times that it is commonplace, or no longer interesting or effective — see also hackneyed, worn-out",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic"
],
"word": "ба̀на̄лан"
},
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"_dis1": "92 8",
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"sense": "used so many times that it is commonplace, or no longer interesting or effective — see also hackneyed, worn-out",
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{
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"sense": "used so many times that it is commonplace, or no longer interesting or effective — see also hackneyed, worn-out",
"word": "zguljen"
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"masculine"
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"word": "estereotipado"
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"_dis1": "92 8",
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"word": "manido"
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"_dis1": "92 8",
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"_dis1": "92 8",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "used so many times that it is commonplace, or no longer interesting or effective — see also hackneyed, worn-out",
"word": "trillado"
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"_dis1": "92 8",
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"word": "banal"
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"roman": "banalʹnyj",
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"masculine"
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"word": "банальний"
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"roman": "stoptanyj",
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"masculine"
],
"word": "стоптаний"
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"_dis1": "92 8",
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"roman": "zajiždženyj",
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"ref": "2017, Ontario Superior Court of Justice, Taucar v Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario, 2017 ONSC 2604",
"text": "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."
}
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"(law) So well established as to be beyond debate: trite law."
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"ref": "1994, Anthony Bergin, “The High Seas Regime – Pacific Trends and Developments”, in James Crawford, Donald R. Rothwell, editors, The Law of the Sea in the Asian Pacific Region: Developments and Prospects, Dordrecht: Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, page 183",
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"ref": "2007, Danielle Corsetto, Girls with Slingshots: 267",
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"ref": "2017, Ontario Superior Court of Justice, Taucar v Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario, 2017 ONSC 2604",
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}
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{
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{
"code": "pt",
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"code": "sh",
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"Cyrillic"
],
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"code": "sh",
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"Roman"
],
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"code": "sh",
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"Roman"
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},
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"code": "sh",
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"sense": "used so many times that it is commonplace, or no longer interesting or effective — see also hackneyed, worn-out",
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"Roman"
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{
"code": "sl",
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"masculine"
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"code": "es",
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"code": "es",
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"code": "es",
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"code": "es",
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],
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"expansion": "Tocharian A trit",
"name": "cog"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Compare Tocharian A trit",
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "txb",
"2": "adjective"
},
"expansion": "trite",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Tocharian B",
"lang_code": "txb",
"pos": "adj",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Tocharian B adjectives",
"Tocharian B entries with incorrect language header",
"Tocharian B lemmas"
],
"glosses": [
"third"
],
"links": [
[
"third",
"third"
]
]
}
],
"word": "trite"
}
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