Word: tritely
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...made the mistakes.” Harvard students, so willing to glean any piece of information which might prove useful—or, at least, testable—from an assigned text, would do well to study Lewis’ letter with the same vigor. For the simple, almost trite maxim “less is more” contains more practical wisdom for the Harvard student than can be found in any algebraic equation or classical quotation...
Mostly, I hate their apartments. They’re huge! And they never work and buy really expensive clothes, especially Rachel. The whole Monica-Chandler interaction is also completely bogus. The plots are all so far-fetched, and the punchline of every joke is some trite remark about Phoebe’s flightiness or Joey’s womanizing. The fact that they all sleep with each other and act like it’s no big deal is also a little strange. And why do Ross and Rachel keep getting back together? Could it be that they?...
...constant in the world is change"--fair warning. It's a New Age cliche attack! Arie, who scored seven Grammy nominations for her debut, Acoustic Soul, continues her quest to be mama to the hip-hop generation, and she doesn't care if her lyrical chicken soup is too trite for Hallmark. On Talk to Her, she reminds men that every woman is "somebody's sister." Slow Down warns against moving too fast with "your hands in the air and your feet on the gas." The music, guitar folk with a dash of hip-hop rhythm, is equally predictable...
...trite and incomplete to deem athletic competition complementary to education. I have learned two important life skills from athletics...
...cooking and cleaning for their newly Marlboro-ized men. "The whole place is like a man's playground," one woman says. And a surprisingly moving epilogue follows the families' re-entry into mall-and-microwave life. Their conclusion--that we're alienated from our work and nature--is trite but hard earned. Does that mean they end up swearing off fast food and video games? Dream on, Pilgrim. --By James Poniewozik