prosaicadjective
uk/prəˈzeɪ.ɪk/us/prəˈzeɪ.ɪk/formalwithout interest, imagination, and excitement:
If only she'd been called Camilla or Flavia instead of the prosaic Jane.
He asked if I'd got my black eye in a fight - I told him the prosaic truth that I'd banged my head on a door.
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Tedious and uninspiring
- anonymous
- antiseptic
- banal
- be (as) dull as ditchwater idiom
- bland
- boring
- drab
- earthbound
- flat-footed
- lifeless
- middle-aged
- mind-numbing
- monochrome
- monotonous
- mouldy
- tedious
- threadbare
- tired
- tiresome
- trite
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