 banal |
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| 1. | [ adjective ] obvious and dull | |
| Synonyms: | trivial commonplace | |
| Examples: | "trivial conversation" "commonplace prose" |
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| Related terms: | ordinary | |
| 2. | [ adjective ] repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse | |
| Synonyms: | timeworn stock hackneyed trite threadbare tired well-worn shopworn old-hat commonplace | |
| Examples: | "bromidic sermons" "his remarks were trite and commonplace" "hackneyed phrases" "a stock answer" "repeating threadbare jokes" "parroting some timeworn axiom" "the trite metaphor `hard as nails'" |
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| Related terms: | unoriginal | |
| 3. | [ adjective ] repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse | |
| Synonyms: | stock trite hackneyed threadbare timeworn well-worn tired shopworn commonplace | |
| Examples: | "bromidic sermons" "his remarks were trite and commonplace" "hackneyed phrases" "a stock answer" "repeating threadbare jokes" "parroting some timeworn axiom" "the trite metaphor `hard as nails'" |
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| Related terms: | unoriginal | |
