The Only Use of "banal" in "The Hunger Games"

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The Only Use

banal
in
The Hunger Games
(Edited)

Effie makes me say a hundred banal phrases starting with a smile, while smiling, or ending with a smile.
p. 115.5

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

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(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)