banal

banal (http://definr.com/banal)

     adj 1: obvious and dull; "trivial conversation"; "commonplace
            prose" [syn: commonplace, trivial]
     2: repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse; "bromidic
        sermons"; "his remarks were trite and commonplace";
        "hackneyed phrases"; "a stock answer"; "repeating
        threadbare jokes"; "parroting some timeworn axiom"; "the
        trite metaphor `hard as nails'" [syn: commonplace, hackneyed,
         shopworn, stock(a), threadbare, timeworn, tired,
         trite, well-worn]