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Fatuous

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foolish or inane, especially in an unconscious, complacent manner; silly.
unreal; illusory.

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Banal

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devoid of freshness or originality; hackneyed; trite: a banal and sophomoric treatment of courage on the frontier.

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Hackneyed

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made commonplace or trite; stale; banal: the hackneyed images of his poetry.

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Insipid

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without distinctive, interesting, or stimulating qualities; vapid: an insipid personality.
without sufficient taste to be pleasing, as food or drink; bland: a rather insipid soup.

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Mundane

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common; ordinary; banal; unimaginative.

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Pedestrian

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lacking in vitality, imagination, distinction, etc.; commonplace; prosaic or dull: a pedestrian commencement speech.

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Platitude

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a flat, dull, or trite remark, especially one uttered as if it were fresh or profound.
the quality or state of being flat, dull, or trite: the platitude of most political oratory.

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Prosaic

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commonplace or dull; matter-of-fact or unimaginative: a prosaic mind.
of or having the character or form of prose rather than poetry.

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Quotidian

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daily: a quotidian report.
usual or customary; everyday: quotidian needs.
ordinary; commonplace: paintings of no more than quotidian artistry.

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Trite

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lacking in freshness or effectiveness because of constant use or excessive repetition; hackneyed; stale: the trite phrases in his letter.
characterized by hackneyed expressions, ideas, etc.: The commencement address was trite and endlessly long.
Archaic. rubbed or worn by use.

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