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uncreative

uncreative

2 4.3
Not having new ideas or ways of doing things
  • adjective
  • /ˌʌnkrɪˈeɪtɪv/
translation icon : no creativo
  • 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.

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Examples

  • I would say that he has a rather limited and uncreative way of looking at the situation.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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

sterile
vsuncreative
23 6.2

Not showing new ideas or creative thinking

emphasizes unproductivity more than simple lack of originality
uninspired
vsuncreative
14 4.0

Not having new or interesting ideas

describes mere absence of originality without emotional dullness
unimaginative
vsuncreative
9 4.2

Does not show creativity or new ideas

is more neutral, pointing to a lack of imaginative thought
unoriginal
vsuncreative
8 3.4

Not new or creative like ideas you have heard before

applies to general lack of originality in ideas or work
uninventive
vsuncreative
1 5.8

Not showing new ideas or imagination

focuses on general inability to produce original ideas
uninvented
vsuncreative
8.2

Showing no original ideas or creativity

is the broader label for not producing new ideas
unoriginate
vsuncreative
8.6

Not new or creative

is the common term for lacking original creative spark

Antonyms

772 3.3

Showing imagination to make art or new ideas

40 3.8

Able to think of new and useful ideas

How Creative

innovative
165 5.5
creative
772 3.3
uncreative
2 4.3
ordinary
683 1.0

Surface Forms

uncreative positive

Morphology

uncreative = creative (transparent) = un + create + ive

Standard negation 'un-' applied to the adjective 'creative' yields the predictable meaning 'not creative'.

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'.