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banal
ba·nal [ bə nál, báyn'l, bə nl ]


adjective 
Definition:
 
dull and unoriginal: boringly ordinary and lacking in originality
[Mid-19th century. < French< ban (see ban1)]

ba·nal·ly adverb
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