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banal

adjective

Reveal meaning and examples

So ordinary or overused that it lacks freshness or interest.

The critic found the conclusion banal because it merely repeated familiar slogans.

Dictionary practice example.

For the campus arts magazine, Nia first described every festival performance as amazing, a banal judgment that gave readers little to picture.