COMMONPLACE

• (noun) a trite or obvious remark

  synonyms : banality , bromide , cliche , platitude

  The politicians spoke platitudes about lowering the taxes. -added by naila_inlas

  
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  platitudes

• (adj.) not challenging; dull and lacking excitement

  "an unglamorous job greasing engines"

  synonyms : humdrum , prosaic , unglamorous , unglamourous

  Amit was tired of his prosaic job as a clothes salesman. -added by naila_inlas

• (adj.) completely ordinary and unremarkable

  "air travel has now become commonplace", "commonplace everyday activities"

• (adj.) 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'"

  synonyms : banal , hackneyed , old-hat , shopworn , stock , threadbare , timeworn , tired , trite , well-worn

  the article she came up with had no matter to it- just banal stuff. -added by diviya_inlas

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