Synonyms : banality, bromide, cliche, platitude

Example : Air travel has now become commonplace.
Commonplace everyday activities.

Example : An unglamorous job greasing engines.

Synonyms : humdrum, prosaic, unglamorous, unglamourous

Example : Bromidic sermons.
His remarks were trite and commonplace.
Hackneyed phrases.
A stock answer.
Repeating threadbare jokes.
Parroting some timeworn axiom.
The trite metaphor `hard as nails'.

Synonyms : banal, hackneyed, old-hat, shopworn, stock, threadbare, timeworn, tired, trite, well-worn