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hackneyed (adj.)
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overused, trite
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Jokes that are hackneyed are never funny after time.
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mundane (adj.)
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ordinary, typical
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mund
The town the boy traveled to was so mundane, it reminded him of every other town he had visited. |
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vacuous (adj.)
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lacking substance
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vac
The project was thought of as vacuous, and recieved a bad grade. |
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prosaic (adj.)
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unimaginative, ordinary
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The movie was so prosaic that more than half of the audience fell asleep.
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insipid (adj.)
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uninteresting, dull, without flavor
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sapere
Nobody ever goes out of there way to talk to the insipid boy. |
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banal (adj.)
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ordinary, trivial
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The kid was so banal, you could almost predict he for him to eat the same thing everyday.
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vac
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empty
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vacuous, vacuum
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mund
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world
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mundane
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sapere
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taste
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insipid
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