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Prosaic

  1. adjective

    not challenging; dull and lacking excitement

    “an unglamorous job greasing engines”

    Similar: commonplace, humdrum, unglamorous, unglamourous

  2. adjective

    not fanciful or imaginative

    “local guides describe the history of various places in matter-of-fact tones”

  3. adjective

    lacking wit or imagination

    “a pedestrian movie plot”

    Similar: pedestrian, prosy, earthbound

Word family

prosaicness · prosaicism

Words that mean the same

Ordinary and Commonplace

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