Prosaic

adjective/pɹoʊˈzeɪ.ɪk/rhetoric

Definition

Having the style or diction of prose; lacking poetic beauty; commonplace.

Etymology

From Middle French prosaïque, from Medieval Latin prosaicus (“in prose”), from Latin prosa (“prose”), from prorsus (“straightforward, in prose”), from Old Latin provorsus (“straight ahead”), from pro- (“forward”) + vorsus (“turned”), from vertō (“to turn”), from Proto-Indo-European *wer- (“to turn, to bend”).

Synonyms

humdrum, dull, unimaginative

In a sentence

The root cause was prosaic — a misconfigured environment variable.