banality

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
banal /bəˈnɑːl, -ˈnal/

▶adjective tediously unoriginal or commonplace.

– derivatives
banality noun (pl. banalities),
banally adverb.

– origin C18 (orig. relating to feudal service in the sense ‘compulsory’, hence ‘common to all’): from Fr., from ban (see ban1).