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banal
in
The Bourne Supremacy
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A banality, Mr Undersecretary.†
Chpt 7 *

banality = something that is uninteresting due to a lack of anything original or unusual
For a reason as banal as it was pointless — and entirely too familiar.†
Chpt 16

banal = uninteresting due to a lack of anything original or unusual
Of course, I accepted his banalities as a rather amateurish attempt at...at statecraft, as my former husband phrased it.†
Chpt 18

banalities = things that are uninteresting due to a lack of anything original or unusual

Definitions:

(1) (banal)
uninteresting due to a lack of anything original or unusual

Pronunciation: Banal is correctly pronounced differently by various educated speakers of American English.
(2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)