prosaic

[proh-zey-ik] / proʊˈzeɪ ɪk /

ADJECTIVE

unimaginative

Synonyms

STRONGEST

banal drab everyday humdrum mundane workaday

WEAK

actual blah boring clean colorless common commonplace dead diddly dry dull factual flat garden-variety hackneyed ho-hum irksome lackluster lifeless literal lowly lusterless matter-of-fact monotonous nothing nowhere ordinary pabulum pedestrian platitudinous plebeian practicable practical prose prosy routine square stale tame tedious trite uneventful unexceptional uninspiring vanilla vapid yawn zero

Antonyms

STRONGEST

exciting unusual

WEAK

creative imaginative interesting thinking

Example Sentences

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Interlaced with the prosaic reflections are a series of fables involving inhabitants from the present and past.

From The Wall Street Journal

China is focused on something more prosaic: making better washing machines.

From The Wall Street Journal

And when you visit museums — like the War Remnants Museum in Ho Chi Minh City — physical, sometimes prosaic items often feel loaded with a surprising amount of emotional impact.

From Washington Post

In one new song, “Lost,” Thorn sings a list — “I lost my place/I lost my bags/I lost my biggest client” — that moves from prosaic to heartbreaking.

From New York Times

Over the decades, more prosaic attributions emerged, mostly for scientists, astronomers or high-profile figures.

From New York Times

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