banal

Meaning: so lacking in originality as to be obvious and boring

banal in a sentence

How banal is used in real sentences:

The movie's banal dialogue bored everyone.

“Chen found such stories banal after hearing similar versions each week, though they helped beginners notice behavior.”
— from the passage A Basin Between Tides

Synonyms for banal

Other words for banal — trite, hackneyed and pedestrian — carry the same meaning.

trite
hackneyed
pedestrian

Antonyms of banal

Words that mean the opposite of banal:

original
fresh
novel

Where it comes from

From French banal 'common, communal'

Memory hook

BANAL plots put the ban on originality.

Practice banal in the app

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hackneyed
novel
equivocal
fathomable
incite
incongruous

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