Unit 11

The word ‘banal’ is an adjective, that describes something that is unoriginal or lacks individuality. A thing that has no original creativity or spark. It seems to have been done before many times.

‘I found the show quite banal’.‘Popular music these days sounds so banal.’ ‘The opening ceremony came across as banal.’

The state of being banal is ‘banality’.
‘This show has banality written all over it’.

‘Banal’ can refer to a cliché, which is something that has been done too often. The adverb of banal is ‘banally’. ‘They performed the play so banally, it sent me to sleep.’

When we use ‘banal’ we may be saying that the thing has been copied from something else. The opposite of ‘banal’ is ‘original’.

Synonyms of ‘banal’ include, boring- conventional- dull- trite- unoriginal- hackneyed- ordinary- predictable- clichéd.

Banal