banality

Plural: banalities

Noun

• The quality of being unoriginal, obvious, and boring.
• a trite or obvious remark
• The quality of being banal.
• Something which is banal.
• A feudal right or obligation, especially the obligation for a peasant to grind grain at the lord's mill, or the profits accruing from such rights.

Examples

• He broke the banality of low-scoring turns with an unexpected bingo.

Synonyms

bromide, cliche, commonplace, platitude, bathos

Related Words

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