uncreative
- adjective
- /ˌʌnkrɪˈeɪtɪv/
- Yet even at that surface level, it is incredibly lazy and uncreative writing.
- passive and uncreative
They want the comforts of bland and uncreative society.
- They want the comforts of bland and uncreative society.
- And that I was deeply uncreative.
Examples
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I would say that he has a rather limited and uncreative way of looking at the situation.
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And as for your blog name: hmmmm I am so uncreative, so I have no ideas.
Blog text (1) -
To be uncreative, you might as well be in your grave, or in the army.
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I know that sounds incredibly uncreative, but often this is how authors' second and third series happen.
Academic text (2015) -
It's the only way out of the stagnant, uncreative pool we're drowning in.
Fiction book (1998) -
Because he's a perfectly wonderful, thoughtful, uncreative guy.
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Sticking to accepted definitions of a problem or defining a problem narrowly is uncreative because it limits the range of ideas we generate.
Academic text (2001) -
They want the comforts of bland and uncreative society.
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Without some conflict and the changes it generates, society is stagnant, unproductive, unimaginative, and uncreative!
Academic text (1997) -
The movie received criticism for its uncreative plot that failed to engage audiences.
Synonyms
Not showing new ideas or creative thinking
Not having new or interesting ideas
Does not show creativity or new ideas
Not new or creative like ideas you have heard before
Not showing new ideas or imagination
Showing no original ideas or creativity
Not new or creative
Antonyms
How Creative
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Uncreative comes from the prefix un- meaning 'not' and the root create meaning 'to make', the same root you see in creation or creator. So uncreative means 'not able to make new things' or 'not imaginative'.