1. the quality of being prosaic; dullness or lack of imagination in expression or style
Usage: formal
2. a prosaic expression or phrase; something commonplace or unimaginative
Usage: formal

Examples

• The critic complained about the prosaism of the author’s latest novel.
• His speech was filled with prosaisms that failed to inspire the audience.
• The committee’s report was criticized for its prosaism and lack of vision.
• She tried to avoid the prosaism of everyday conversation in her writing.
• The poet rejected the prosaism of conventional verse forms.
• The presentation suffered from a prosaism that made it difficult to follow.