Banal - definition, pronunciation, transcription
Amer.
|bəˈnɑːl|
Brit.
|bəˈnɑːl|
adjective
- repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse (syn: commonplace, hackneyed, old-hat, stock, threadbare, timeworn, tired, trite, well-worn)
Extra examples
He made some banal remarks about the weather.
The writing was banal but the story was good.
The more banal, the more commonplace, the more predictable, the triter, the staler, the dumber, the better.
Word forms
adjective
singular: banality
plural: banalities
singular: banality
plural: banalities
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