unimaginative
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unimaginative — [adj] dull, predictable banal, barren, bromidic, common, commonplace, derivative, dime a dozen*, dry, dull as dishwater*, flat, hackneyed, ho hum*, lifeless, matter offact, ordinary, pabulum, pedestrian, prosaic, routine, square*, tame, tedious,… … New thesaurus
unimaginative — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ not using or displaying imagination; stolid and dull. DERIVATIVES unimaginatively adverb … English terms dictionary
unimaginative — [spelling only] … English World dictionary
unimaginative — [[t]ʌ̱nɪmæ̱ʤɪnətɪv[/t]] 1) ADJ GRADED (disapproval) If you describe someone as unimaginative, you are criticizing them because they do not think of new methods or things to do. Her second husband was a steady, unimaginative, corporate lawyer.… … English dictionary
unimaginative — un|i|mag|i|na|tive [ ,ʌnı mædʒınətıv ] adjective unable to think of new and interesting things: She was a rather dull unimaginative woman. a. not interesting: an unimaginative teaching style b. unable to do things in an interesting or imaginative … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
unimaginative — adjective 1 lacking the ability to think of new or unusual ideas 2 too ordinary and boring: an unimaginative shop window display 3 an unimaginative solution to a problem does not work very well because it does not involve any new or intelligent… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
unimaginative — UK [ˌʌnɪˈmædʒɪnətɪv] / US adjective unable to think of new and interesting things She was a rather dull unimaginative woman. a) not interesting an unimaginative teaching style b) unable to do things in an interesting way that shows imagination a… … English dictionary
unimaginative — un|i|ma|gin|a|tive [ˌʌnıˈmædʒınətıv] adj 1.) lacking the ability to think of new or unusual ideas 2.) ordinary and boring, and not using any new ideas ▪ unimaginative architecture ▪ unimaginative housing policies … Dictionary of contemporary English
unimaginative — adjective the biggest letdown is the dessert menu, which is quite unimaginative Syn: uninspired, uninventive, unoriginal, uncreative, commonplace, pedestrian, mundane, institutional, ordinary, routine, matter of fact, humdrum, workaday, run of… … Thesaurus of popular words
unimaginative — adj.; unimaginatively, adv. * * * … Universalium
