banality
Example Sentences
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And hence misfired plays like this one, in which collaboration among gifted artists results only in a work of logorrheic banality.
It is interesting that Mr. Vance’s banalities always sound hostile as opposed to merely boring.
“What interests me are everyman aspects of him. The banality of his evil and the way that evil actions seem to always rise out of fear and insecurity.”
From Los Angeles Times
The real author describes it as a combination of plagiarism and banality.
From BBC
The finish line isn’t moral resolution, but the banality of the cash register: a product governed where it matters most, at the point of sale.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.