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1. (adj.) banal
devoid of freshness or originality; hackneyed; trite.
Etymology: (1745–55; < F; OF: pertaining to a ban (see ban2, -al1))
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1. (adj) banal, commonplace, hackneyed, old-hat, shopworn, stock(a), threadbare, timeworn, tired, trite, well-worn
repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse
"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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1. (adj) banal
commonplace; trivial; hackneyed; trite
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