ba·nal·i·ty
 /bəˈnæləti/  noun  ,  pl   -ties
  1 [  count  ] : something that is boring or ordinary
   The trip offers an escape from the banalities of daily life.
  especially : an uninteresting statement : a banal remark
   We exchanged banalities about the weather.
  2 [  noncount  ] : the quality of being ordinary or banal
   The writing never rose above banality.