English-French translations for platitude

platitudeNous avons entendu bien des platitudes de la part de l'UA, mais jusqu'ici les actes concrets ont été rares. We have heard many platitudes from the AU, but we have seen little concrete action so far. Pour le reste, il se limite à une série de platitudes. Otherwise, it is simply a series of platitudes. Monsieur le Président, Monsieur le Commissaire, en une minute, personne ne devrait confondre attitude et platitude. Mr President, Commissioner, in one minute nobody should confuse attitude with platitude.

An often-quoted saying that is supposed to be meaningful but has become unoriginal or hackneyed through overuse; a cliché
Unoriginality; triteness

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