prosaic
adjective
1. not fanciful or imaginative
- a prosaic and unimaginative essay
Similar word(s): unrhetorical
2. lacking wit or imagination
Similar word(s): uninteresting, earthbound, pedestrian, prosy
3. not challenging; dull and lacking excitement
Similar word(s): unexciting, commonplace, humdrum, unglamorous, unglamourous
Sentences with prosaic as an adjective:
- The tenor of Eliot's prosaic work differs greatly from that of his poetry.
- I was simply making the prosaic point that we are running late.
- His account of the incident was so prosaic that I nodded off while reading it.
- She lived a prosaic life.