Example : Bromidic sermons.
His remarks were trite and commonplace.
Hackneyed phrases.
A stock answer.
Repeating threadbare jokes.
Parroting some timeworn axiom.
The trite metaphor `hard as nails'.

Synonyms : banal, commonplace, hackneyed, old-hat, shopworn, stock, threadbare, timeworn, tired, well-worn