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PROSAIC
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Not challenging; dull and lacking excitement
Example:
an unglamorous job greasing engines
Synonyms:
commonplace; humdrum; prosaic; unglamorous; unglamourous
Classified under:
Similar:
unexciting (not exciting)
Derivation:
prosaicness (commonplaceness as a consequence of being humdrum and not exciting)
prose (matter of fact, commonplace, or dull expression)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Lacking wit or imagination
Example:
a pedestrian movie plot
Synonyms:
earthbound; pedestrian; prosaic; prosy
Classified under:
Similar:
uninteresting (arousing no interest or attention or curiosity or excitement)
Derivation:
prosaicness (commonplaceness as a consequence of being humdrum and not exciting)
prose (matter of fact, commonplace, or dull expression)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Not fanciful or imaginative
Example:
a prosaic and unimaginative essay
Synonyms:
matter-of-fact; prosaic
Classified under:
Adjectives
Similar:
unrhetorical (not rhetorical)
Derivation:
prosaicness (commonplaceness as a consequence of being humdrum and not exciting)
prose (matter of fact, commonplace, or dull expression)
