banality
noun[CorU]
formaluk/bəˈnɑː.lə.ti/us/bəˈnɑː.lə.t̬i/thequalityof beingboring,ordinary, and notoriginal, or something that is like this:
What's on show in thisprogrammeis thesheerbanality ofordinarylives.
Theirconversationwas astringofpauses,falsestarts, and banalities.
See
banal
- Comedy oftentakessarcasticjabsat life's banalities.
- Sometimes thesheerbanality ofmodernpopularcultureseemsutterlyawesome.
- Behind the banality of hiscommentsliesabusinesswhich islosingground.
Boredom, tedium and boring things
- blandness
- boredom
- bromide
- cabin fever
- commonplace
- crashing bore
- flatness
- frustration
- insipidness
- jejune
- longueur
- screed
- snooze
- snoozefest
- sterility
- stodginess
- stuffiness
- tediousness
- treadmill
- yawn