banausic

adjective

Meaning

Relating to or concerned with ordinary, practical, or utilitarian matters, often to the exclusion of higher intellectual or aesthetic interests.

Examples

  • He found the repetitive nature of his daily office tasks to be entirely banausic.
  • The architect was criticized for creating a banausic structure that prioritized cost-cutting over aesthetic elegance.

Synonyms: practical, utilitarian, mundane, pedestrian