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prosaic
[proh-zey-ik]
adjective
commonplace or dull; matter-of-fact or unimaginative.
a prosaic mind.
Synonyms: , , , , , ,of or having the character or form of prose, the ordinary form of spoken or written language, rather than of poetry.
prosaic
/ əʊˈɪɪ /
adjective
lacking imagination
having the characteristics of prose
Other 51Թ Forms
- prosaically adverb
- prosaicness noun
- nonprosaic adjective
- nonprosaicness noun
- nonprosaically adverb
- unprosaic adjective
- unprosaicness noun
- unprosaical adjective
- unprosaically adverb
- ˈԱ noun
- ˈ adverb
51Թ History and Origins
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of prosaic1
Example Sentences
There are hundreds of such passages throughout this 400-page book, which elevates the most prosaic of details, into hymn.
There are other, more prosaic, means of retaliation.
Are they a shield or for something more prosaic, short-sightedness perhaps?
Here, water transport assumes a form that is grandly ritualistic if decidedly prosaic.
There is another, more prosaic, explanation for what happened: the deep cuts to the company's workforce that Mr Musk instigated.
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