trite
The worst crime the novel commits is not the triteness of its ideas, but the clumsiness of its execution.
The letter was written with all her usual triteness and inadequacy of expression.
The triteness and immaturity of her words and attitudes embarrassed him.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases Plain and ordinary
as it comesidiom
austere
austerely
austerity
average Joe
homespun
homey
humble
humdrum
middle-of-the-road
something/nothing to shout aboutidiom
sparely
spartan
stale
starkly
unostentatious
unostentatiously
unpainted
unremarkable
unremarkably
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