Prosaic Adjective Dull Lacking Imagination Matter Of Fact Commonplace Everyday

Like insipid and vapid, prosaic can mean “dull,” but it emphasizes dullness as a result of lack of imagination. For example: “Often, science writing can be prosaic, simply delivering information in a lifeless, unimaginative, ‘just the facts, ma’am’ style.”

“The seemingly prosaic lives of our immigrant ancestors, who worked tirelessly in the steel mills, belie the heroic sacrifices they made for their descendants.”