Thursday, September 25, 2008

PROSAIC

dull

lacking in spirit or imagination

not fanciful or imaginative
SYN - matter-of-fact
"A prosaic and unimaginative essay."

lacking with or imagination
SYN - earthbound, pedestrian, prosy

not challenging
SYN - commonplace, humdrum, unglamorous
ANT - rhetorical

"It was a rather prosaic speech which didn't help the cause."

"The company was not going to be able to move forward with prosaic proposals like this."

"They needed a new boss, who wasn't so prosaic, but rather full of wit, imagination, and the spirit of life."

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