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   ba·nal

   /ˈbānl/

   adjective

   • 1. so lacking in originality as to be obvious and boring: "songs with banal, repeated words"

   Word 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 ban1.

   Derivatives

   • 1. banally adverb

   Scrabble Points: 7

   • B

     3

   • A

     1

   • N

     1

   • A

     1

   • L

     1

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