ordinary and not especially interesting or unusual: Only a few prosaic tables and chairs remained by the time we got to the auction. (Definition of prosaic from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

without 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.

Examples of Prosaic in a sentence Because the biggest thing in my hometown is the grocery store, the city really is a prosaic little place. The title of your book is so prosaic that most people are going to walk right past it in the store. As a whole, prosaic writers tend to write very dull stories which most people never remember.