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English to English adjective satellite
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showing signs of much wear or use |  | source: wordnet30
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repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse | | Example: bromidic sermons
his remarks were trite and commonplace
hackneyed phrases
a stock answer
repeating threadbare jokes
parroting some timeworn axiom
the trite metaphor `hard as nails'
source: wordnet30
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