prosaic
lacking imagination or excitement; commonplace
Word origin: From Latin prosa, prose, as opposed to verse.
Prosaic in a sentence
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The explanation turned out to be entirely prosaic: a loose wire.
After the soaring introduction, the report sank into prosaic detail about quarterly logistics.
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Critics initially dismissed the composer's late works as merely blank, but later scholars recognized in them a deliberate restraint that concealed considerable technical sophistication.
Using “prosaic” well
Prosaic means dull and ordinary, the opposite of poetic or inspired. It describes ideas, writing, or everyday matters.
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