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Tuesday word: Banal
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simplyn2deepTuesday, Jun. 06, 2023
Banal (adjective)
ba·nal [buh-nal, -nahl, beyn-l]
adjective
devoid of freshness or originality; hackneyed; trite: a banal and sophomoric treatment of courage on the frontier.
OTHER WORDS FROM BANAL
ba·nal·i·ty [buh-nal-i-tee, bey-], noun
ba·nal·ly, adverb
WORDS RELATED TO BANAL
bland, corny, dumb, hackneyed, mundane, stupid, trite, vapid, blah, bromidic, clichéd, common, conventional, cornball, cornfed, dull as dishwater, everyday, flat, ho-hum, hokey
See synonyms for: banal / banality on Thesaurus.com
SYNONYM STUDY FOR BANAL
See commonplace.
ORIGIN: 1745–55; < French; Old French: pertaining to a ban (see ban, -al)
HOW TO USE BANAL IN A SENTENCE
Especially in the later images, some, at first, appear as banal as a stranger’s family photo album.
AT THE SMITHSONIAN, A PHOTOGRAPHIC PORTRAIT OF EAST BALTIMORE, DECADES BEFORE THE DAWN OF THE SELFIE ERA|KELSEY ABLES|AUGUST 26, 2021|WASHINGTON POST
So it is no huge surprise that No Sudden Move — a rippling, brilliant story about trusting nobody — has some seemingly banal but actually fascinating economic and cultural underpinnings pulsing in its historical backdrop.
THE FASCINATING, HORRIFYING HISTORY BEHIND STEVEN SODERBERGH’S NEW HEIST MOVIE|ALISSA WILKINSON|JULY 1, 2021|VOX
He has a politician’s recollection for obscure names and banal anecdotes, a relentless forward propulsion and limitless confidence, a firm grasp of the political upsides and downsides of any situation.
CHRIS MATTHEWS’ NEW BOOK CATALOGUES HIS FRONT-ROW SEAT TO HISTORY|CHARLOTTE ALTER|JUNE 11, 2021|WASHINGTON POST
Many are consumed by disagreements over banal things like chores, though some have managed to have impacts that last beyond their expiration dates—Zuccotti Park, for example, produced a growing national consciousness about income inequality.
THE INTERSECTION WHERE GEORGE FLOYD DIED HAS BECOME A STRANGE, SACRED PLACE. WILL ITS LEGACY ENDURE?|JANELL ROSS/MINNEAPOLIS|APRIL 16, 2021|TIME
Banal (adjective)
ba·nal [buh-nal, -nahl, beyn-l]
adjective
devoid of freshness or originality; hackneyed; trite: a banal and sophomoric treatment of courage on the frontier.
OTHER WORDS FROM BANAL
ba·nal·i·ty [buh-nal-i-tee, bey-], noun
ba·nal·ly, adverb
WORDS RELATED TO BANAL
bland, corny, dumb, hackneyed, mundane, stupid, trite, vapid, blah, bromidic, clichéd, common, conventional, cornball, cornfed, dull as dishwater, everyday, flat, ho-hum, hokey
See synonyms for: banal / banality on Thesaurus.com
SYNONYM STUDY FOR BANAL
See commonplace.
ORIGIN: 1745–55; < French; Old French: pertaining to a ban (see ban, -al)
HOW TO USE BANAL IN A SENTENCE
Especially in the later images, some, at first, appear as banal as a stranger’s family photo album.
AT THE SMITHSONIAN, A PHOTOGRAPHIC PORTRAIT OF EAST BALTIMORE, DECADES BEFORE THE DAWN OF THE SELFIE ERA|KELSEY ABLES|AUGUST 26, 2021|WASHINGTON POST
So it is no huge surprise that No Sudden Move — a rippling, brilliant story about trusting nobody — has some seemingly banal but actually fascinating economic and cultural underpinnings pulsing in its historical backdrop.
THE FASCINATING, HORRIFYING HISTORY BEHIND STEVEN SODERBERGH’S NEW HEIST MOVIE|ALISSA WILKINSON|JULY 1, 2021|VOX
He has a politician’s recollection for obscure names and banal anecdotes, a relentless forward propulsion and limitless confidence, a firm grasp of the political upsides and downsides of any situation.
CHRIS MATTHEWS’ NEW BOOK CATALOGUES HIS FRONT-ROW SEAT TO HISTORY|CHARLOTTE ALTER|JUNE 11, 2021|WASHINGTON POST
Many are consumed by disagreements over banal things like chores, though some have managed to have impacts that last beyond their expiration dates—Zuccotti Park, for example, produced a growing national consciousness about income inequality.
THE INTERSECTION WHERE GEORGE FLOYD DIED HAS BECOME A STRANGE, SACRED PLACE. WILL ITS LEGACY ENDURE?|JANELL ROSS/MINNEAPOLIS|APRIL 16, 2021|TIME
