SYNONYMS AND RELATED EXPRESSIONS
prosaic
adjective
Ordinary, practical, or lacking imagination and excitement.
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Ordinary and unimaginative
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Usage distinction
Return to topProsaic often criticizes a lack of imagination or excitement. Practical and matter-of-fact can be approving descriptions.
CHECK THE MEANING IN CONTEXT
See prosaic in use
The trip's prosaic details involved tickets, receipts, and luggage labels.
Tessa's first story draft described a prosaic morning of receipts, errands, and laundry.
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