If you asked a hundred people for the definition of ‘trite’, I predict a large percentage would say it means ‘silly’, ‘superficial’, ‘inconsequential’, ‘trivial’ or something similar.
But that's not what it means.
Something ‘trite’ might also be described using one or more of those words, but it would be a coincidence. None of the words is a synonym of ‘trite’.
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