prosaic

adj

1. Pertaining to or having the characteristics of prose.

   “The tenor of Eliot's prosaic work differs greatly from that of his poetry.”

2. Straightforward; matter-of-fact; lacking the feeling or elegance of poetry.

   “I was simply making the prosaic point that we are running late.”

3. (usually)Overly plain, simple or commonplace, to the point of being boring.

   “His account of the incident was so prosaic that I nodded off while reading it.”

   “She lived a prosaic life.”

   “Our people are the most prosaic in the world, but the most faithful; and with curious reverence we keep up and transmit, from generation to generation, the superstition of what we call the education of a gentleman.”

   “Their steepness and abruptness were even greater than I had imagined from hearsay, and suggested nothing in common with the prosaic objective world we know.”

   “Ultimately, though, the more prosaic goals carried the greater significance in this contest. Madrid have managed only one clean sheet on their way to winning this competition.”