The word banal has appeared in 195 articles on NYTimes.com in the past year, including on Nov. 25 in “How Do I Balance Being Fashionable With Being Professional?” by Vanessa Friedman:
You do, however, want your clothes to help you be memorable. As much as they shouldn’t suck up all of the attention from those around you, they shouldn’t be so boring that you fade into the background, or so banal that they make you seem thoughtless and uncreative.
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