prosaic
pro·sa·ic (pr
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k)
adj.
1.
a. Consisting or characteristic of prose.
b. Matter-of-fact; straightforward.
2. Lacking in imagination and spirit; dull.
[Late Latin prsaicus, from Latin prsa, prose; see prose.]
pro·sai·cal·ly adv.
pro·saic·ness n.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition copyright ©2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Updated in 2003. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
| Adj. | 1. | prosaic – not fanciful or imaginative; “local guides describe the history of various places in matter-of-fact tones”; “a prosaic and unimaginative essay”
unrhetorical – not rhetorical
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| 2. | prosaic – lacking wit or imagination; “a pedestrian movie plot”
uninteresting – arousing no interest or attention or curiosity or excitement; “a very uninteresting account of her trip”
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| 3. | prosaic – not challenging; dull and lacking excitement; “an unglamorous job greasing engines”
unexciting – not exciting; “an unexciting novel”; “lived an unexciting life”
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