prosaic
1. not challenging; dull and lacking excitement - an unglamorous job greasing engines • Syn: commonplace, humdrum, unglamorous, unglamourous • Similar to: unexciting • Derivationally related forms: prose, prosaicness 2. lacking wit or imagination - a pedestrian movie plot • Syn: pedestrian, prosy, earthbound • Similar to: uninteresting • Derivationally related forms: prosiness (for: prosy), prose, prosaicness 3. not fanciful or imaginative - local guides describe the history of various places in matter-of-fact tones - a prosaic and unimaginative essay • Syn: matter-of-fact • Similar to: unrhetorical • Derivationally related forms: prose, prosaicness
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