#119 banal

banal- (adj.) lacking force or originality; trite; commonplace

- C18 from Old French- relating to compulsory feudal service, hence, common to all

In science, all facts, no matter how trivial or banal, enjoy democratic equality. ~ Mary McCarthy

To some, the '50s were a decade marked by the banal, the predictable. ~ Annette Funicello

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