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- pronunciation:
- beI
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b
nael
- features:
- Word Combinations (adjective)
part of speech: |
adjective |
definition: |
lacking originality or liveliness; disappointingly ordinary; commonplace; trite.
His whole speech amounted to one banal thought: that people are not all alike.- synonyms:
- commonplace, jejune, prosaic, trite, unoriginal
- antonyms:
- original, provocative
- similar words:
- cliché, corny, dull, hack, hackneyed, humdrum, insipid, mediocre, mundane, old hat, ordinary, overdone, pedestrian, stale, stock, threadbare, vapid
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related words: |
innocuous, monotonous, worn |
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derivations: |
banally (adv.), banality (n.) |
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