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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026
ba•nal /bəˈnæl, -ˈnɑl, ˈbeɪnəl/USA pronunciation   adj. 
  1. lacking freshness or originality;
    trite:a banal plot.
ba•nal•ly, adv. 

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
ba•nal  (bə nal′, -näl′, bān′l),USA pronunciation adj. 
  1. devoid of freshness or originality; hackneyed;
    trite:a banal and sophomoric treatment of courage on the frontier.
  • French; Old French: pertaining to a ban (see ban2, -al1)
  • 1745–55
ba•nal′ly, adv. 
    See commonplace. 

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