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So ordinary or overused that it lacks freshness or interest.

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banal

The critic found the conclusion banal because it merely repeated familiar slogans.
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For the campus arts magazine, Nia first described every festival performance as amazing, a banal judgment that gave readers little to picture.
From Editing a Festival Review.
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