Today’s “Word of the Day” is prosaic and it is an adjective meaning “ordinary, usual, common, routine, unromantic, commonplace, run-of-the-mill, mundane, dull, boring, unexciting, uninspiring”.
Example Sentence: Libraries are romantic yet prosaic places. The romance is that of reading, and the wealth of human imagining and learning that is contained in them. Access to the knowledge and literary art (poetry, fiction, drama) in a library is precious, priceless – and particularly valuable to young minds and people of any age with an interest in education… The prosaic side of libraries is more physical. This is the world of buildings, shelving, books as objects, library cards, fines, computers – and…
This word is present in The Guardian article The Guardian view on libraries: bring back borrowers and click here to read it.
Courtesy: The Guardian
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