Cornier - перевод на Русский и значение в Английском

adjective

So lacking in originality as to be obvious and boring.

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Songs with banal, repeated words

adjective

Too often used in the past and therefore not interesting

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He just sat there making banal remarks all evening.

adjective

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

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He has a horror of clichéd images of african american life

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

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

adjective

Not unusual; ordinary.

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Unemployment was commonplace in his trade

noun

A usual or ordinary thing.

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Bombing has become almost a commonplace of public life there

adjective

Happening or seen frequently and so not considered special or unusual

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Public financing for sports stadiums has become commonplace.

adjective

Silly and pointless.

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A fatuous comment

adjective

Foolish or done without thinking

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A fatuous remark

adjective

Lacking physical strength, especially as a result of age or illness.

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By now, he was too feeble to leave his room

adjective

Weak

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A feeble joke, he’s pretty feeble, and has to use a cane to get around.

adjective

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

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Hackneyed old sayings

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

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A hackneyed plot

adjective

Lacking sense or meaning; silly.

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Don't badger people with inane questions

adjective

Extremely silly or lacking real meaning or importance

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There are so many inane programs on television!

adjective

Naive, simplistic, and superficial.

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Their entirely predictable and usually jejune opinions

adjective

Very simple or childish

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He made jejune generalizations about how all students were lazy and never did any work., a jejune l…

adjective

Sentimental in an exaggerated or false way.

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A mawkish ode to parenthood

adjective

Showing emotion or love in an awkward or silly way

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The film lapses into mawkish sentimentality near the end.

adjective

Used too much.

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I generally try to avoid overused expressions in my reviews

verb

Use (something) too much.

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The word ‘hero’ is overused these days

verb

Past simple and past participle of overuse

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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.

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

verb

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

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

adjective

Having to work too much

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

adjective

(of a remark or statement) used too often to be interesting or thoughtful; hackneyed.

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This may sound platitudinous

adjective

Able to be predicted.

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The market is volatile and never predictable

adjective

Acting or happening in a way that is expected

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Comets usually appear at predictable times., she’s so predictable – she always wants to go to the s…

adjective

Happening as or when expected

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Bonds are attractive for investors seeking predictable returns on their investments., the supermark…

adjective

Of or prompted by feelings of tenderness, sadness, or nostalgia.

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She felt a sentimental attachment to the place creep over her

adjective

Related to feelings rather than reason

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When you ask which team will win, my sentimental favorite would have to be philadelphia., he gets s…

adverb

Used in brackets after a copied or quoted word that appears odd or erroneous to show that the word is quoted exactly as it stands in the original, as in a story must hold a child's interest and ‘enrich his (sic) life’.

verb

Variant of sick2.

verb

Set a dog on.

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The plan was to surprise the heck out of the grizzly by sicking the dog on him

adjective

Often ill; in poor health.

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She was a thin, sickly child

adjective

Weak and unhealthy

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He was a sickly child.

adjective

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

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Stale bread

verb

Make or become stale.

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

verb

(of an animal, especially a horse) urinate.

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The horse staled while he was riding

adjective

Viewed or represented as a stereotype.

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The film is weakened by its stereotyped characters

verb

View or represent as a stereotype.

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The city is too easily stereotyped as an industrial wasteland

adjective

In need of sleep or rest; weary.

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Fisher rubbed his tired eyes

verb

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

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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.

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This point may now seem obvious and trite

adjective

Done or expressed too often to be of any interest

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

adjective

Offering nothing that is stimulating or challenging; bland.

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Tuneful but vapid musical comedies

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Showing no intelligence or imagination

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

adjective

Lacking the power to perform physically demanding tasks; having little physical strength or energy.

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She was recovering from flu, and was very weak

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Lacking strength or energy, or likely to stop working or break

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After having been so sick, it’s not surprising you still feel weak., that old chair is very weak an…

adjective

Too low or not powerful enough to be successful or effective

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Weak growth/market share/results there was unexpectedly weak growth in corporate output in may., we…