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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (3)

1. not fanciful or imaginative;
- Example: "local guides describe the history of various places in matter-of-fact tones"
- Example: "a prosaic and unimaginative essay"
[syn: matter-of-fact, prosaic]

2. lacking wit or imagination;
- Example: "a pedestrian movie plot"
[syn: pedestrian, prosaic, prosy, earthbound]

3. not challenging; dull and lacking excitement;
- Example: "an unglamorous job greasing engines"
[syn: commonplace, humdrum, prosaic, unglamorous, unglamourous]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Prosaic \Pro*sa"ic\, Prosaical \Pro*sa"ic*al\, a. [L. prosaius,
   from prosa prose: cf. F,. prosa["i]que. See Prose.]
   1. Of or pertaining to prose; resembling prose; in the form
      of prose; unpoetical; writing or using prose; as, a
      prosaic composition. --Cudworth.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. Dull; uninteresting; commonplace; unimaginative; prosy;
      as, a prosaic person. --Ed. Rev.
      [1913 Webster] -- Pro*sa"ic*al*ly, adv. --
      Pro*sa"ic*al*ness, n.
      [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

prosaic
    adj 1: 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,
           prosaic]
    2: lacking wit or imagination; "a pedestrian movie plot" [syn:
       pedestrian, prosaic, prosy, earthbound]
    3: not challenging; dull and lacking excitement; "an unglamorous
       job greasing engines" [syn: commonplace, humdrum,
       prosaic, unglamorous, unglamourous]