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Banal

/bəˈnɑl/
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(adj) Common in a boring way, to the point of being predictable; containing nothing new or fresh.

I don't need your banal platitudes.
He was asking banal questions.
CEFR Practice Quiz
The speaker's comments were very ____ and did not offer anything new.

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