banal
lacking originality and so dull or commonplace
Word origin: From French banal, common to all, from ban a feudal proclamation.
Banal in a sentence
Here are example sentences showing banal in a sentence.
His speech was a string of banal platitudes that no one remembered.
The keynote offered only banal advice that every attendee had heard a dozen times before.
Using “banal” well
Banal describes something so commonplace that it has lost all freshness or interest. It is more dismissive than merely ordinary, implying tiresome predictability.
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