Stupid and Trite

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Stupid adjective - Not having or showing an ability to absorb ideas readily.

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Trite and stupid are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Trite" instead an adjective "Stupid".

Nearby Words: stupidity, stupor, stupidly

Trite adjective - Used or heard so often as to be dull.

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Stupid and trite are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Stupid" instead an adjective "Trite".

Nearby Words: triteness, tritely

A Fish Called Wanda: Otto's been called stupid one too many times, and can't exactly find a coherent insult, so he just rattles off a bunch of trite swears.

Source: Angrish / Film
And then there are these — insults so trite and meaningless that one may as well have called the other person a "Big Stupid Doodoo Head".

Source: Big Stupid Doodoo Head
During college he intentionally blocks himself away from anyone including his own roommate, believing that personality has viral tendencies and that stupid was infectious if he listened to too many people talking about trite pop-culture related garbage.

Source: Intelligence Equals Isolation

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