|  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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