The Clue
Beaten to death (5 letter answer)
The Answer
TRITE
Tags
Notes
The answer TRITE is seen frequently, appearing about once every 120 puzzles.
Related Clues
Banal
Clichéd
Commonplace
Formulaic
Hackneyed
Jejune
Overdone
Overused
Overworked
Platitudinous
Repentant
Shopworn
Stale
Tired
Unoriginal
Vapid
Lacking imagination
Like a cliché
Like a platitude
Much-heard
Not fresh
Overly common
Played out
Worn-out
Old as Methuselah, in a way
Too-often repeated
Used too much
Like "Have a nice day!"
Like a sunset at the end of a movie
Like a thrice-told tale
Definition
TRITE as an adjective:
1. (banal, commonplace, hackneyed, old-hat, shopworn, stock, threadbare, timeworn, tired, trite, well-worn) = repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse; "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'"