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prosaic

/prəˈzeɪɪk/adjective

उच्चारण प्रज़ेइक

नीरस, साधारण, बेरंग

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adjective
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    ordinary and not showing any imagination

    नीरस, साधारण, बेरंग

    • a prosaic description
    • The film was prosaic, with no humour and no surprises.
    • His prosaic reply, 'It is a table', ended the discussion.
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    • The poet turned a prosaic bus journey into something magical.
    • The speech was prosaic and full of tired phrases.

    Synonyms dull mundane unimaginative pedestrian commonplace

    Opposite imaginative poetic exciting inspired

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?Which word?

Keep the dull words together: prosaic, mundane (ordinary and boring), pedestrian (lacking imagination), humdrum (boring and routine), banal, commonplace.

नीरसता के शब्द साथ याद रखिए: prosaic, mundane (साधारण और उबाऊ), pedestrian (कल्पनाहीन), humdrum (उबाऊ और नियमित), banal, commonplace।

§Grammar and usage

Trap: prosaic means dull and ordinary, not 'connected with prose' (although it comes from prose).

Trap: prosaic का अर्थ नीरस और साधारण है, 'गद्य से संबंधित' नहीं (हालाँकि यह prose से आया है)।