banal

Domain: Universal Words

Part of speech: adjective

(disapproving) very ordinary and containing nothing that is interesting or important: a banal conversation about the weather

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This is a English–English dictionary entry.

Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.

This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.

Same word in other sources

banalEnglish›ChineseGetWord Corpus banalEnglish›ChineseMain Dictionary

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Is banal a noun, verb, or something else?

In this entry, banal is tagged as adjective.

Does banal appear elsewhere on Lughet?

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banal