banal
adjectiveSo ordinary or overused that it lacks freshness or interest.
Overfamiliar and unoriginal
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Clear all filtersSo ordinary or overused that it lacks freshness or interest.
Overfamiliar and unoriginal
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A damaging influence or a condition of serious decline and deterioration.
An expression or idea used so often that it has lost freshness or force.
An obvious or overused remark that adds little insight.
Marked by serious moral corruption or wrongdoing.
Someone who abandons a duty, cause, or post, especially military service without permission.
Treating a serious matter with deliberately inappropriate humor.
To abandon or give up.
Made stale or unoriginal through excessive use.
Stale through overuse
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To prohibit or stop by an authoritative order.
Seriously harmful, especially in a gradual or less obvious way.
Seriously harmful
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A familiar statement repeated so often that it offers little insight.
To formally withdraw a previously stated belief or claim.
Cowardly or disloyal, especially in abandoning a duty.
Cowardly
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To assign someone or something to a lower or less prominent position.
To give up possession, control, or a claim.
Someone who abandons a group, cause, or accepted allegiance.
To formally give up or reject a claim, belief, or practice.
To withdraw a statement or claim previously made.
Refinement, worldly experience, or complexity of design or thought.
Refinement and experience
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Smooth, confident, and polished in social manner.
Overused to the point of losing interest or force.
Dull, empty, and lacking interest or substance.
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