| banal definitions |
| # | Definition | Sets |
| 1 | hackneyed, trite, commonplace | 144 sets |
| 2 | commonplace | 95 sets |
| 3 | common, ordinary, lacking freshness, hackneyed | 67 sets |
| 4 | common, ordinary | 58 sets |
| 5 | obvious and dull | 57 sets |
| 6 | unoriginal; ordinary | 52 sets |
| 7 | (adj.) hackneyed, trite, commonplace | 39 sets |
| 8 | boring | 37 sets |
| 9 | hackneyed; commonplace; trite; lacking originality; clich\'ed | 36 sets |
| 10 | lacking originality | 33 sets |
| 11 | trite, overly common | 32 sets |
| 12 | unoriginal | 32 sets |
| 13 | commonplace, meaningless | 29 sets |
| 14 | predictable; cliched; boring | 29 sets |
| 15 | drearily commonplace; predictable; trite | 28 sets |
| 16 | ordinary | 27 sets |
| 17 | trite | 25 sets |
| 18 | unoriginal and boring | 24 sets |
| 19 | stale, insipid | 24 sets |
| 20 | commonplace. | 22 sets |
| 21 | hackneyed; commonplace; trite; lacking originality | 20 sets |
| 22 | commonplace; trite | 20 sets |
| 23 | common | 20 sets |
| 24 | adj. commonplace. | 18 sets |
| 25 | dull, commonplace | 17 sets |
| 26 | predictable, cliched, boring | 17 sets |
| 27 | dull or stale because of overuse; trite; hackneyed | 16 sets |
| 28 | fresh, novel, original, new | 16 sets |
| 29 | dull | 16 sets |
| 30 | dull or stale; commonplace | 15 sets |
| 31 | drearily commonplace and often predictable; trite | 14 sets |
| 32 | overly common | 14 sets |
| 33 | boring; trite; insipid | 14 sets |
| 34 | adj. hackneyed, trite, commonplace | 13 sets |
| 35 | common; ordinary | 13 sets |
| 36 | common; dull; ordinary | 13 sets |
| 37 | commonplace; dull; ordinary | 13 sets |
| 38 | lacking originality, trite, hackneyed | 13 sets |
| 39 | adj. dull or stale; commonplace | 12 sets |
| 40 | (adj) hackneyed, trite, commonplace | 11 sets |