banal buh-NAL or BAY-nul adjective WS #6

lacking originality or freshness; trite and commonplace; boringly ordinary or unremarkable

1. Her conversation was filled with banal remarks about the weather.
2. The politician's speech was a collection of banal platitudes.
3. The restaurant offered a banal menu with no surprises or specialties.
4. The movie's plot was so banal that I predicted the ending halfway through.
5. Critics dismissed his work as banal and derivative.