prosaic

[proh-zey-ik] / proʊˈzeɪ ɪk /

ADJECTIVE

unimaginative

Synonyms

STRONGEST

banal drab everyday humdrum mundane workaday

WEAK

actual blah boring clean colorless common commonplace dead diddly dry dull factual flat garden-variety hackneyed ho-hum irksome lackluster lifeless literal lowly lusterless matter-of-fact monotonous nothing nowhere ordinary pabulum pedestrian platitudinous plebeian practicable practical prose prosy routine square stale tame tedious trite uneventful unexceptional uninspiring vanilla vapid yawn zero

Antonyms

STRONGEST

exciting unusual

WEAK

creative imaginative interesting thinking

Example Sentences

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The implication is these disasters are being deliberately engineered, but Loader believes the causes have more prosaic roots, and have their origins in economics.

From BBC • Mar. 13, 2026

But a new report argues that the real engine of Indian generosity is far more prosaic - and vastly larger.

From BBC • Feb. 19, 2026

She said her group is focused on immediate, prosaic needs in the face of a challenging charitable environment.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 11, 2025

China is focused on something more prosaic: making better washing machines.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 25, 2025

This was one of the few lies she had to put up with as a child; in everything else she was in direct contact with the prosaic truths of life.

From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende

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