The Only Use of
banal
in
The Hunger Games
- Effie makes me say a hundred banal phrases starting with a smile, while smiling, or ending with a smile.
p. 115.5banal = uninteresting (due to a lack of anything original or unusual)
Definition:
uninteresting due to a lack of anything original or unusual
Pronunciation: Banal is correctly pronounced differently by various educated speakers of American English.