Platitudinous - English meaning

adjective

So lacking in originality as to be obvious and boring.

Usage examples:

Songs with banal, repeated words

adjective

Too often used in the past and therefore not interesting

Usage examples:

He just sat there making banal remarks all evening.

adjective

Showing a lack of originality; based on frequently repeated phrases or opinions.

Usage examples:

He has a horror of clichéd images of african american life

adjective

Often said, used, or done, and therefore not original and not interesting

Usage examples:

He made some clichéd remark., it might sound clichéd, but knowing that you're doing something worth…

adjective

Not unusual; ordinary.

Usage examples:

Unemployment was commonplace in his trade

noun

A usual or ordinary thing.

Usage examples:

Bombing has become almost a commonplace of public life there

adjective

Happening or seen frequently and so not considered special or unusual

Usage examples:

Public financing for sports stadiums has become commonplace.

verb

Persuade (someone) to do or believe something by lying to them.

Usage examples:

I conned him into giving me your home number

noun

An instance of deceiving or tricking someone.

Usage examples:

The charter is a glossy public relations con

noun

A disadvantage of or argument against something.

Usage examples:

Borrowers have to weigh up the pros and cons of each mortgage offer

adjective

Imitative of the work of another artist, writer, etc., and usually disapproved of for that reason.

Usage examples:

An artist who is not in the slightest bit derivative

noun

Something which is based on another source.

Usage examples:

The aircraft is a derivative of the falcon 20g

adjective

Having qualities taken from something else

Usage examples:

Too much of the music feels derivative., retinol is a derivative of vitamin a.

adjective

Lacking interest or excitement.

Usage examples:

Your diet doesn't have to be dull and boring

verb

Make or become dull or less intense.

Usage examples:

Time dulls the memory

adjective

Not interesting or exciting; boring

Usage examples:

Many of the courtroom events were dull and routine., the lecture was dry, dull, and full of statist…

adjective

Having a level surface; without raised areas or indentations.

Usage examples:

He sat down on a flat rock

adverb

In or to a horizontal position.

Usage examples:

He was lying flat on his back

noun

The flat part of something.

Usage examples:

She placed the flat of her hand over her glass

adjective

(of a phrase or idea) having been overused; unoriginal and trite.

Usage examples:

Hackneyed old sayings

adjective

Used or said so often that it seems ordinary, meaningless, or not sincere

Usage examples:

A hackneyed plot

adjective

Lacking sense or meaning; silly.

Usage examples:

Don't badger people with inane questions

adjective

Extremely silly or lacking real meaning or importance

Usage examples:

There are so many inane programs on television!

adjective

Used too much.

Usage examples:

I generally try to avoid overused expressions in my reviews

verb

Use (something) too much.

Usage examples:

The word ‘hero’ is overused these days

verb

Past simple and past participle of overuse

Usage examples:

I tend to overuse certain favourite expressions., an over-used tendon can become swollen and painful.

adjective

(of a person) having to work beyond their capacity or strength.

Usage examples:

Overworked nurses do not have time to adequately prepare patients for discharge

verb

Cause (someone) to work beyond their capacity or strength.

Usage examples:

Employers should be aware that overworking their employees comes at a cost

adjective

Having to work too much

Usage examples:

An overworked civil servant, i'm overworked and underpaid., the article was full of overworked expr…

verb

Put, lay, or stand (something) in a specified place or position.

Usage examples:

Delaney set the mug of tea down

noun

A group or collection of things that belong together or resemble one another or are usually found together.

Usage examples:

A set of false teeth

verb

Variant spelling of sett.

adjective

(of food) no longer fresh and pleasant to eat; hard, musty, or dry.

Usage examples:

Stale bread

verb

Make or become stale.

Usage examples:

She would cut up yesterday's leftover bread, staling now

verb

(of an animal, especially a horse) urinate.

Usage examples:

The horse staled while he was riding

adjective

Viewed or represented as a stereotype.

Usage examples:

The film is weakened by its stereotyped characters

verb

View or represent as a stereotype.

Usage examples:

The city is too easily stereotyped as an industrial wasteland

adjective

Relating to a widely held but fixed and oversimplified image or idea of a particular type of person or thing.

Usage examples:

He fits the stereotypical masculine image of toughness

adjective

With the qualities that people usually expect of a particular type of person or thing, although this idea may be wrong

Usage examples:

Customers are tired of the stereotypical, fast-talking salesperson., in spite of its predictable pl…

noun

The goods or merchandise kept on the premises of a shop or warehouse and available for sale or distribution.

Usage examples:

The store has a very low turnover of stock

adjective

(of a product or type of product) usually kept in stock and thus regularly available for sale.

Usage examples:

25 per cent off stock items

verb

Have or keep a supply of (a particular product or type or product) available for sale.

Usage examples:

Most supermarkets now stock a range of organic produce

adjective

In need of sleep or rest; weary.

Usage examples:

Fisher rubbed his tired eyes

verb

Feel or cause to feel in need of rest or sleep.

Usage examples:

Soon the ascent grew steeper and he began to tire

adjective

(of a remark or idea) lacking originality or freshness; dull on account of overuse.

Usage examples:

This point may now seem obvious and trite

adjective

Done or expressed too often to be of any interest

Usage examples:

Even good acting couldn’t make up for the trite story.

adjective

Not readily using or demonstrating the use of the imagination; stolid and somewhat dull.

Usage examples:

The production was plodding and unimaginative

adjective

Not new, original, or clever; not showing any imagination

adjective

Lacking originality; derivative.

Usage examples:

An uninteresting and unoriginal essay

adjective

The same as a lot of other things and therefore not interesting or special

adjective

Offering nothing that is stimulating or challenging; bland.

Usage examples:

Tuneful but vapid musical comedies

adjective

Showing no intelligence or imagination

Usage examples:

A vapid reality tv show, he's attractive, but vapid.