banal

  • 71banal —    Boringly commonplace and predictable. Trite and obvious …

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  • 72banal — [bə nα:l, nal] adjective tediously unoriginal or commonplace. Derivatives banality noun (plural banalities). banally adverb Origin C18 (orig. relating to feudal service in the sense compulsory , hence common to all ): from Fr., from ban (see …

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  • 73banal — adj hackneyed, trite, overdone, campy, Inf. bromidic, platitudinous, Inf. corny; conventional, humdrum, ordinary, commonplace, common, stock, old hat, stereotyped; unimaginative, unoriginal, stale, insipid, uninspired, flat, vapid, lifeless,… …

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  • 74banal — adjective Syn: unoriginal, unimaginative, trite, hackneyed, clichéd, commonplace, stereotyped, overused, stale, boring, obvious; informal corny Ant: original …

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  • 75banal — [bəˈnɑːl] adj boring, with no new, interesting, or unusual qualities banality [bəˈnæləti] noun [C/U] …

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  • 76banal — ba•nal [[t]bəˈnæl, ˈnɑl, ˈbeɪn l[/t]] adj. devoid of freshness or originality; hackneyed; trite • Etymology: 1745–55; < F; OF: pertaining to a ban (see ban II, al I) ba•nal′i•ty, n. ba•nal′ly, adv. syn: See commonplace …

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  • 77banal — /bəˈnal / (say buh nahl), /ˈbeɪnəl / (say baynuhl) adjective hackneyed; trite. {French, from Old French ban, of Germanic origin: proclamation, related to ban2} –banality /bəˈnæləti/ (say buh naluhtee), noun –banally, adverb …

  • 78banal —   a. trivial; trite.    ♦ banality, n …

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  • 79banal — ba|nal adj., t, e …

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  • 80banal — ba|nal <französisch> (alltäglich, fade, flach) …

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