[bəˈnɑːl], (Adjective)

Definitions:
- so lacking in originality as to be obvious and boring
(e.g: songs with banal, repeated words)


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Origin:
mid 18th century (originally relating to feudal service in the sense ‘compulsory’, hence ‘common to all’): from French, from ban ‘a proclamation or call to arms’; ultimately of Germanic origin and related to ban