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pr-uh-ZAY-ik/prəˈzeɪɪk/

Prosaic means ordinary and unimaginative — prose rather than poetry, in spirit. Use it instead of boring when the disappointment is a lack of lift or colour. In speech a bit dull or ordinary; prosaic is a critic’s shrug, slightly lofty in chat.

Meaning

Ordinary, dull, and lacking imagination.

Examples

• “The ending was oddly prosaic.”
• “Monday’s agenda was relentlessly prosaic.”
• “He gave a prosaic account of a remarkable journey.”

Good to know

Plain, unpoetic. Everyday: dull / ordinary.

Near in meaning

mundane

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