Prosaic - перевод на Русский и значение в Английском

adjective

So lacking in originality as to be obvious and boring.

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Songs with banal, repeated words

adjective

Too often used in the past and therefore not interesting

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He just sat there making banal remarks all evening.

adjective

Lacking strong features or characteristics and therefore uninteresting.

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Bland, mass-produced pop music

adjective

No longer alive.

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A dead body

adverb

Absolutely; completely.

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You're dead right

adjective

Free from moisture or liquid; not wet or moist.

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The jacket kept me warm and dry

noun

(of information, writing, etc.) dully factual.

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The dry facts of the matter

verb

Free from liquid or moisture

adjective

Lacking interest or excitement.

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Your diet doesn't have to be dull and boring

verb

Make or become dull or less intense.

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Time dulls the memory

adjective

Not interesting or exciting; boring

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Many of the courtroom events were dull and routine., the lecture was dry, dull, and full of statist…

abbreviation

(in measuring the height of horses) hand(s).

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Pinto pony gelding—quiet, 13.3 h, great with kids

noun

The eighth letter of the alphabet.

noun

A thermodynamic quantity equivalent to the total heat content of a system. it is equal to the internal energy of the system plus the product of pressure and volume.

adjective

Of great weight; difficult to lift or move.

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A heavy and bulky load

noun

A thing, such as a vehicle, that is large or heavy of its kind.

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Meanwhile, he is leading the charge at airport to beef up the runway and expand support facilities …

adverb

Heavily.

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Heavy-laden

adjective

Lacking excitement or variety; boringly monotonous.

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Humdrum routine work

noun

Monotonous routine.

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An escape from the humdrum of his life

adjective

Lacking flavour; weak or tasteless.

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Mugs of insipid coffee

adjective

(of food) lacking a strong taste or character, or (of people, activities, or entertainment) lacking in interest or energy

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An insipid flavor, insipid tv sitcoms

adjective

Naive, simplistic, and superficial.

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Their entirely predictable and usually jejune opinions

adjective

Very simple or childish

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He made jejune generalizations about how all students were lazy and never did any work., a jejune l…

adjective

Lacking in vitality, force, or conviction; uninspired or uninspiring.

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No excuses were made for the team's lacklustre performance

adjective

Not very good or exciting, or not showing a lot of activity or effort

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After a period of lacklustre performance, the company has finally announced some very positive resu…

adjective

Dead or apparently dead.

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His lifeless body was taken from the river

adjective

Dead or appearing to be dead

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A lifeless body, fig. the performance was boring and lifeless (= lacking interest or energy).

adjective

Not showing feelings or emotion, esp. in a situation when emotion would be expected

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He spoke in a very matter-of-fact way about the accident., she announced the news matter-of-factly.

adjective

Lacking interest or excitement; dull.

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His mundane, humdrum existence

adjective

Ordinary and not interesting in any way

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The show was just another mundane family sitcom.

noun

A person walking rather than travelling in a vehicle.

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The road is so dangerous pedestrians avoid it

adjective

Lacking inspiration or excitement; dull.

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Disenchantment with their pedestrian lives

noun

A person who is walking, esp. in an area where vehicles go

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Bicyclists and pedestrians use the path., the lyrics are pretty pedestrian.

adjective

Slow-moving and unexciting.

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A plodding comedy drama

verb

Walk doggedly and slowly with heavy steps.

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We plodded back up the hill

adjective

Slow, continuous, and not exciting

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I'll try not to bore you with lots of plodding details., the novel is heavy and plodding, with litt…

adjective

Lacking courage, vigour, or vivacity.

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Ruth and i played a spiritless game of scrabble

adjective

Having no energy and enthusiasm

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It was a spiritless performance.

adjective

(of food) no longer fresh and pleasant to eat; hard, musty, or dry.

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Stale bread

verb

Make or become stale.

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She would cut up yesterday's leftover bread, staling now

verb

(of an animal, especially a horse) urinate.

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The horse staled while he was riding

adjective

Lacking distinction; unexceptional.

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An undistinguished career

adjective

Not especially respected or admired

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She has the burden of being by far the best player in an otherwise undistinguished international si…

adjective

Not readily using or demonstrating the use of the imagination; stolid and somewhat dull.

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The production was plodding and unimaginative

adjective

Not new, original, or clever; not showing any imagination

adjective

Lacking in imagination or originality.

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He writes repetitive and uninspired poetry

adjective

Not exciting or interesting

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An uninspired performance

adjective

Having or showing a lack of thought or intelligence; mindless.

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A vacuous smile

adjective

Offering nothing that is stimulating or challenging; bland.

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Tuneful but vapid musical comedies

adjective

Showing no intelligence or imagination

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A vapid reality tv show, he's attractive, but vapid.