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   prosaic

   /prə(ʊ)ˈzeɪɪk/

   adjective

   • 1. having or using the style or diction of prose as opposed to poetry; lacking imaginativeness or originality: "prosaic language can't convey the experience" Similar unimaginativeuninspiredmatter-of-factdulldryhumdrummundanepedestrianheavyploddinglifelessdeadspiritlesslacklustreundistinguishedstalejejuneblandinsipidvapidvacuousbanalhackneyedtriteliteralfactualunpoeticunemotionalunsentimentalclearplainunadornedunembellishedunvarnishedmonotonousdeadpanflatOpposite imaginativeinspired
   • ▪ commonplace; unromantic: "the masses were too preoccupied by prosaic day-to-day concerns" Similar ordinaryeverydayusualcommonconventionalstraightforwardroutinehumdrumcommonplacerun-of-the-millworkadaybusinesslikepedestriantamemundanedulldrearytediousboringho-humuninspiringmonotonousOpposite interesting

   Word Origin late 16th century (as a noun denoting a prose writer): from late Latin prosaicus, from Latin prosa ‘straightforward (discourse)’ (see prose). Current senses of the adjective date from the mid 18th century.

   Derivatives

   • 1. prosaically adverb
   • 2. prosaicness noun

   Scrabble Points: 11

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