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Trite
/traɪt/ adjective easyOverused to the point of feeling stale, unoriginal, or predictable.
The greeting card was full of trite phrases like 'time heals all wounds.'
Memory Trick
Trite comes from Latin 'tritus,' worn down by rubbing -- a trite phrase has literally been rubbed smooth from overuse, like a coin worn featureless from too much handling.