pedestrian
adjective/pəˈdestriən/
/pəˈdestriən/
- without any imagination or excitement; boring synonym unimaginative
- Her latest play is more pedestrian and less ambitious than her earlier work.
Extra Examples- His drawing is pedestrian, although his mind is not.
- It is a factual and somewhat pedestrian programme.
- The curriculum is narrow and pedestrian.
Word Originearly 18th cent.: from French pédestre or Latin pedester ‘going on foot’, also ‘written in prose’ + -ian. Early use in English was in the description of writing as ‘prosaic’.Definitions on the go
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