Platitude vs. Banal

Platitudenoun

An often-quoted saying that is supposed to be meaningful but has become unoriginal or hackneyed through overuse; a cliché.

Platitudenoun

Unoriginality; triteness.

Platitudenoun

A claim that is trivially true, to the point of being uninteresting.

Platitudenoun

The quality or state of being flat, thin, or insipid; flat commonness; triteness; staleness of ideas of language.

Platitudenoun

A thought or remark which is flat, dull, trite, or weak; a truism; a commonplace.

Platitudenoun

a trite or obvious remark

Platitudenoun

a remark or statement, especially one with a moral content, that has been used too often to be interesting or thoughtful

Platitude

A platitude is a trite, meaningless, or prosaic statement, often used as a thought-terminating cliché, aimed at quelling social, emotional, or cognitive unease. The statement may be true, but its meaning has been lost due to its excessive use.Platitudes have been criticized as giving a false impression of wisdom, making it easy to accept falsehoods: A platitude is even worse than a cliché.

Banaladjective

Common in a boring way, to the point of being predictable; containing nothing new or fresh.

Banaladjective

Commonplace; trivial; hackneyed; trite.

Banaladjective

obvious and dull;

Banaladjective

repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse;

Banaladjective

so lacking in originality as to be obvious and boring