banal

banal [adjective]: lacking freshness or originality; commonplace, trivial.

Example: The speaker bored us to death with his banal, self-evident observations.

Related words: banality [noun], banally [adverb]

Synonyms: bromidic, commonplace, corny, hackneyed, humdrum, insipid, mundane, ordinary, pabulum, pedestrian, platitudinous, stale, trite, unimaginative, unoriginal, vapid

Antonyms: different, extraordinary, fresh, interesting, new, novel, original, uncommon

Tags: GRE

Category: Vocabulary words

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