Meaning & use

banal

adjective·Advanced

So commonplace and predictable that it lacks originality or interest.

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The film's dialogue felt banal, full of clichés we had heard a hundred times before.

She grew tired of the banal small talk at the networking event.

A note on using this word

Banal carries a critical tone, implying that something is not just ordinary but tediously unoriginal.

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