Banal
Lacking originality or freshness; dull, commonplace, and overused.
adjectiveBanal
Lacking originality or freshness; dull, commonplace, and overused.
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Imagine This
Imagine an NBC station manager banned Al’s television shows from prime-time TV because they were extremely boring.
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Sounds Like
buh-NAL
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Looks Like
ban + al (two parts: 'ban' and 'al')
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Remember This
Banality is the noun form; etymologically related to being common or ordinary, not to prohibiting something.
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Other Forms
banalitynoun
banalizeverb
banallyadverb
banalnessnoun
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Note
Use banal to describe things that feel dull due to cliché or overfamiliarity, not mere mediocrity. Distinguish from 'ban' in meaning; banal refers to dull sameness, not a direct act of banning.