unimaginative
9
4.2
- adjective
- /ˌʌnɪˈmædʒɪnətɪv/
:
poco imaginativo
- The comparison to the boom writers, though perhaps inevitable, seems to me to be unhelpful and unimaginative.
What a small, unimaginative world we would end up with.
- What a small, unimaginative world we would end up with.
- And I remember thinking early how unimaginative that is.
Examples
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The Spartans, conversely, were portrayed as parochial, stagnant, unimaginative, and fundamentally insecure.
Academic text (1994) -
His unimaginative response to the problem frustrated his creative colleagues.
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What a small, unimaginative world we would end up with.
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Reason is the last refuge of the unimaginative, Dad.
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I always thought that you were a cold, unimaginative, tight-lipped officer.
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Superstition is for the unimaginative.
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Once he began to examine the files, he was disappointed to find how utterly unimaginative they were.
Fiction book (1999) -
There have always been short-sighted, unimaginative people willing to knock dreamers and those thinking big.
Blog text (5) -
Instead of meeting up with the Boys from Brazil, one encounters gray bureaucrats and unimaginative careerists.
Academic text (2005) -
Similarly, the spontaneous, disorderly, and creative artistic type contrasts sharply with the self-controlled, conforming, and unimaginative conventional type.
Academic text (1992)
Synonyms
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4.4
Shows a simple, fixed idea about a group of people
23
6.2
Not showing new ideas or creative thinking
14
4.0
Not having new or interesting ideas
8
3.4
Not new or creative like ideas you have heard before
4
4.4
Showing the same simple ideas again and again
2
4.3
Not having new ideas or ways of doing things
1
7.1
Not creative or adventurous, often plain and boring
1
7.0
Having no original ideas and following a simple idea about a group of people
1
5.8
Not showing new ideas or imagination
Showing no original ideas or creativity
Not new or creative
Not willing to try new ideas, places, or experiences
Antonyms
How Imaginative
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3.3
40
3.8
60
3.7
182
1.3
175
2.8
9
4.2
Surface Forms
Morphology
unimaginative = imaginative (transparent) = un + imagin + ative
The negative prefix 'un-' is directly attached to the adjective 'imaginative', producing the straightforward meaning 'not imaginative'.
Etymology
The word unimaginative begins with un- meaning 'not' and uses imagine, which is related to the word image meaning 'picture'. So unimaginative suggests 'not full of pictures' in the mind, which is why it describes someone or something that is not creative or original.