Question

platitude [noun]1. An often-quoted saying that is supposed to be meaningful but has become unoriginal or hackneyed through overuse; a cliché.2. Unoriginality; triteness.3. A claim that is trivially true, to the point of being uninteresting.

Accepted Answer

“This is wanting in the police report, where more stress is laid, perhaps, upon the platitudes of the magistrate than upon the details, which to an observer contain the vital essence of the whole matter.

word	platitude
sentence	“This is wanting in the police report, where more stress is laid, perhaps, upon the platitudes of the magistrate than upon the details, which to an observer contain the vital essence of the whole matter.
definition	[noun] 1. An often-quoted saying that is supposed to be meaningful but has become unoriginal or hackneyed through overuse; a cliché. 2. Unoriginality; triteness. 3. A claim that is trivially true, to the point of being uninteresting.

Platitude Wanting Police Report Stress Laid Magistrate Details