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Definition of pedestrian adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

pedestrian

adjective
 
/pəˈdestriən/
 
/pəˈdestriən/
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  1. 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’.
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