Unimaginative

adj

adj ·6 syllables ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Not imaginative.

    "For the first ten years of nationalisation a further note of overall gloom was added by the depressing policy of unimaginative Regional colour schemes, indifferently applied."

Adjective
  1. 1
    lacking spontaneity or originality or individuality wordnet
  2. 2
    deficient in originality or creativity; lacking powers of invention wordnet
  3. 3
    dealing only with concrete facts wordnet

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Example

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"Consistency is the last refuge of the unimaginative."

Etymology

From un- + imaginative.

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