banaladjective
uk/bəˈnɑːl/us/bəˈnɑːl/boring, ordinary, and not original:
He just sat there making banal remarks all evening.
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Tedious and uninspiring
- anonymous
- antiseptic
- be (as) dull as ditchwater idiom
- bland
- boring
- buttoned-down
- drab
- earthbound
- flat-footed
- lifeless
- mind-numbing
- monochrome
- monotonous
- mouldy
- mundane
- tedious
- threadbare
- tired
- tiresome
- trite
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banality
noun [ C or U ] uk/bəˈnɑː.lə.ti/us/bəˈnɑː.lə.t̬i/formal