IELTS Anvil

banal

CEFR: C2

So completely lacking in originality, freshness, or novelty as to be obvious and trite.

Synonyms

pedestrian
hackneyed

Common Collocations

banal observation
banal repetition
utterly banal

Example Sentence

Critics dismissed the architectural pavilion as a banal repetition of commercial glass facades.

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