Platitudinous

plat·i·tude  (plt-td, -tyd)

n.

1. A trite or banal remark or statement, especially one expressed as if it were original or significant. See Synonyms at cliché.

2. Lack of originality; triteness.

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[French, from plat, flat, from Old French; see plate.]

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plati·tudi·nous (-tdn-s, -tyd-), plati·tudi·nal (-tdn-l, -tyd-) adj.

plati·tudi·nous·ly adv.

Thesaurus

Adj.

1.

platitudinous - dull and tiresome but with pretensions of significance or originality; "bromidic sermons" corny, platitudinal, bromidic unoriginal - not original; not being or productive of something fresh and unusual; "the manuscript contained unoriginal emendations"; "his life had been unoriginal, conforming completely to the given pattern"- Gwethalyn Graham