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Another word for banal

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banal

modif.

dull, trite, hackneyed; see common 1, insipid. See syn. study at insipid.

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Another word for banal

adjective

Without freshness or appeal because of overuse:

bromidic, clichÃ©d, commonplace, corny, hackneyed, musty, overused, overworked, platitudinal, platitudinous, shopworn, stale, stereotyped, stereotypic, stereotypical, threadbare, timeworn, tired, trite, warmed-over, well-worn, worn-out. See excite, usual

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He doesn't like English poetry, he finds it very banal.
Is it banal to dress up as a 1965 hippie?
It was a banal, yet apparently necessary, observation about British society today.
The store was filled with banal, mass-produced objects.
The south, I sense, finds this rather banal.

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