Definitions

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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Mr. Warshaw’s argument is, in fact, something considerably more prosaic: a category error dressed in prophetic clothing.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 13, 2026

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

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

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 25, 2025

After scoring 13 times in their previous three matches, this was a more prosaic England display, with Thomas Tuchel's decision to leave Bellingham out of his starting line-up capturing most of the attention.

From Barron's • Nov. 13, 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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