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Meanings of commonplace in English
Not challenging; dull and lacking excitement.
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Examples for "prosaic"
Examples for "prosaic"
1
I sometimes wonder whether the situation isn't even more prosaic than that.
2
In truth, the world of persuasion is a good deal more prosaic.
3
In the end the climax of the love-making had been prosaic enough.
4
Alas, no answers present themselves in the dull, tuneless, prosaic final product.
5
But the reasoning of the prosaic Englishman was thrown to the winds:
1
This was a humdrum occasion and, at times, a rather sloppy display.
2
England lost three wickets carelessly on the way to a humdrum victory.
3
In her humdrum life the falling away of Mrs. Tufton loomed catastrophic.
4
Their peculiar talents are hidden by the obscurity of humdrum, honest labor.
5
She opened it, and stepped out of the humdrum into the whirligig.
1
But its highly-educated locals largely shun the late hours and unglamorous work.
2
Production values are thrifty but resourcefully deployed to accentuate the unglamorous environment.
3
For a generally unglamorous and rather functional product, primer elicits much conversation.
4
In other words, it shows the unglamorous side of the jet-lag life.
5
Instead it showed an unglamorous face of dull complexity and incessant wrangling.
1
The film star was dressed for bed in a very unglamourous, extra-large man's T-shirt.
2
At the stage door there were no crowds of groupies or fans - just forty unglamourous people waiting for backstage passes.
3
Some might say that Portadown were stuck in limbo last season, sucked into the unglamourous atmosphere of All-Ireland League Division Three.
Usage of commonplace in English
1
Though commonplace today, the technique was not widely used at the time.
2
But conflict between the branches of government is commonplace in our history.
3
Since the collapse of Communism, of course, Hayek's arguments have become commonplace.
4
But the girl he loves shows him the beauty in the commonplace.
5
The English saying 'pride comes before a fall' reflects the commonplace occurrence.
6
In future smart fabrics with embedded sensors will become commonplace, said Li.
7
The hour of music is over; the commonplace of day has begun.
8
When lobotomies were commonplace, its victims became passive and easy to handle.
9
But the actors in this drama have never returned to the commonplace.
10
By no means; a ferry-steamer is thoroughly commonplace; you can ferry-steam anywhere.
11
Hard, difficult, humiliating work is commonplace and writing is not those things.
12
We are always in danger of mistaking the common for the commonplace.
13
The three of them in the daylight seemed commonplace old folk enough.
14
Kidnappings have become commonplace in Libya, with foreign diplomats often the targets.
15
She stiffens in his arms; then laughs almost joyously, and is commonplace.
16
Attempts to interfere in the severity of sentences are commonplace among politicians.
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Translations for commonplace
Commonplace through the time
Commonplace across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
Ireland
Common
United States of America
Less common