| banal definitions |
| # | Definition | Sets |
| 1 | hackneyed, trite, commonplace | 139 sets |
| 2 | commonplace | 91 sets |
| 3 | common, ordinary, lacking freshness, hackneyed | 65 sets |
| 4 | unoriginal; ordinary | 52 sets |
| 5 | obvious and dull | 49 sets |
| 6 | common, ordinary | 48 sets |
| 7 | (adj.) hackneyed, trite, commonplace | 38 sets |
| 8 | hackneyed; commonplace; trite; lacking originality; clich\'ed | 36 sets |
| 9 | boring | 33 sets |
| 10 | trite, overly common | 32 sets |
| 11 | lacking originality | 32 sets |
| 12 | commonplace, meaningless | 29 sets |
| 13 | unoriginal | 28 sets |
| 14 | predictable; cliched; boring | 27 sets |
| 15 | ordinary | 27 sets |
| 16 | drearily commonplace; predictable; trite | 26 sets |
| 17 | trite | 24 sets |
| 18 | stale, insipid | 24 sets |
| 19 | unoriginal and boring | 22 sets |
| 20 | commonplace. | 22 sets |
| 21 | commonplace; trite | 20 sets |
| 22 | common | 20 sets |
| 23 | hackneyed; commonplace; trite; lacking originality | 19 sets |
| 24 | predictable, cliched, boring | 17 sets |
| 25 | adj. commonplace. | 17 sets |
| 26 | fresh, novel, original, new | 16 sets |
| 27 | dull, commonplace | 16 sets |
| 28 | dull | 15 sets |
| 29 | dull or stale; commonplace | 15 sets |
| 30 | dull or stale because of overuse; trite; hackneyed | 15 sets |
| 31 | overly common | 14 sets |
| 32 | lacking originality, trite, hackneyed | 13 sets |
| 33 | boring; trite; insipid | 13 sets |
| 34 | drearily commonplace and often predictable; trite | 13 sets |
| 35 | adj. dull or stale; commonplace | 12 sets |
| 36 | adj. hackneyed, trite, commonplace | 12 sets |
| 37 | commonplace; dull; ordinary | 12 sets |
| 38 | common; dull; ordinary | 12 sets |
| 39 | common; ordinary | 11 sets |
| 40 | commonplace, insipid, vulgar | 11 sets |