prosaic in English

adjective

1

having the style or diction of prose; lacking poetic beauty.

prosaic language can't convey the experience

synonyms: ordinary, everyday, commonplace, conventional, straightforward, routine, run-of-the-mill, by-the-numbers, workaday, unimaginative, uninspired, uninspiring, matter-of-fact, dull, dry, dreary, tedious, boring, humdrum, mundane, uninvolving, pedestrian, tame, plodding, bland, insipid, banal, trite, literal, factual, unpoetic, unemotional, unsentimental

adjective

ordinary, everyday, commonplace, conventional, straightforward, routine, run-of-the-mill, by-the-numbers, workaday, unimaginative, uninspired, uninspiring, matter-of-fact, dull, dry, dreary, tedious, boring, humdrum, mundane, uninvolving, pedestrian, tame, plodding, bland, insipid, banal, trite, literal, factual, unpoetic, unemotional, unsentimental
commonplace, unglamourous, unglamorous, humdrum
prosy, pedestrian, earthbound
matter-of-fact

Use "prosaic" in a sentence

1. The reality, however, is probably more prosaic.

2. Real danger is prosaic in comparison.

3. The furniture is prosaic and modern.

4. No, the reality is much more prosaic.

5. The truth was a little more prosaic.

6. The present-day ambience was slightly more prosaic.

7. The truth itself was only slightly more prosaic.

8. My diary entries are filled with prosaic happenings.

9. Don’t let these rather prosaic “Blunders” lull …

10. I myself suspect a more prosaic motive.

11. China also has more prosaic reasons for encouraging trade.

12. The reality has turned out to be somewhat more prosaic.

13. The second is maybe more prosaic, which is Hong Kong.

14. By and by, however , " fervent " gave way to " prosaic ".

15. 10 The present-day ambience was slightly more prosaic.

16. At this grand moment Pug Henry's thoughts were prosaic.

17. This strong, confident youth takes command as an almost prosaic hero.

18. Why in the world would anyone commemorate such prosaic scenes?

19. His instructor offered a more prosaic explanation for the surge in interest.

20. My interest in the Valle/1e de Mai was somewhat more prosaic.

21. 2 His instructor offered a more prosaic explanation for the surge in interest.

22. If only she'd been called "Hồng" or "Huệ" instead of the prosaic "Bưởi".

23. Thus, for years the word frisée supplanted the prosaic-sounding Chicory on U.S

24. Nowadays evaluation has a tendency to be much more structured and less prosaic.

25. If only she'd been called 'Camilla' or 'Flavia' instead of the prosaic 'Jane'.

26. Thirty yards ahead, an innocent rural road junction presented its prosaic features for inspection.

27. Bloomwater's present owner was a more prosaic figure, Sir Lionel Newman, the paper magnate.

28. Must we find all work prosaic because our grandfather built an early synagogue?

29. 29 Even something as prosaic as a roast chicken Jasper could transform into something nearly lyrical.

30. The latest research suggests a more prosaic, democratic, even puritanical view of the world.

31. Reports are commonly prosaic, dull, pompous and patronising and written with selfish disregard for the reader.

32. 19 The movie, whose working title is the reassuringly prosaic 'Confucius', has no confirmed release date.

33. The office at Felixstowe seemed a very dull and prosaic place after those hectic nine months.

34. Even something as prosaic as a roast chicken Jasper could transform into something nearly lyrical.

35. And it was like a lot of you, kind of a prosaic example, kind of trite.

36. For the prosaic Flask, the doubloon stands only for so many cigars that he could buy.

37. He is so absurd that he adds a note of humor to an otherwise dry, tedious, prosaic play.

38. The Almonry was a building, analogous to our more prosaic modern alms-houses, erected by King Henry VII

39. The prosaic sight of monks going about their everyday business, just when she needed them, was irresistible.

40. The man behind many of the imaginatively etched stories has a prosaic explanation for why his " mission statements " tick .

41. Despite the drama of government shutdowns and talk of political revolution, the 1996 presidential campaign appears headed down a prosaic path.

42. I will be profoundly relieved when I can escape from the prosaic explanations and defences of this present sprawling mess of words.

43. In 2009, David Field and researchers at Aarhus University discovered spontaneous electric fields when creating prosaic films of various gases.

44. No, I mean you know, cabernets can be powerful and exalting too, but they seem prosaic to me, by comparison.

45. If the masses were too preoccupied by prosaic day-to-day concerns, the revolutionaries would take matters into their own hands.

46. 24 I will be profoundly relieved when I can escape from the prosaic explanations and defences of this present sprawling mess of words.

47. 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.

48. Anything old is fodder for a ground-up restoration no matter how prosaic or dull the vehicle. Spindly Austin 7's of the '20s are venerated like doddering old aunties.

49. MISSOULA, Mont. — The flying abilities of even the most prosaic bird put airplane maneuvers to shame, and experts here at the University of Montana Flight Laboratory are cognizant of that every day.

50. While the science fiction film strives to push the boundaries of the human experience, they remain bound to the conditions and understanding of the audience and thereby contain prosaic aspects, rather than being completely alien or abstract.