inventionlessadj.
rare.
Devoid of invention.
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the world > action or operation > behaviour > customary or habitual mode of behaviour > [adjective] > usual or ordinary > commonplace
quotidian1430
trite1548
beaten1587
trivial1589
threadbare1598
protrite1604
prose1606
commonplace1616
everyday1628
prostitute1631
prosaical1699
tritical1709
prosaic1729
tritish1779
hack1821
rum-ti-tum1832
unspecial1838
banal1840
commonplacish1847
prosy1849
inventionless1887
thread-worn1888
the mind > emotion > suffering > feeling of weariness or tedium > [adjective] > wearisome or tedious > lacking inspiration
fanciless1753
unfanciful1814
uninspiring1815
uninventful1856
inventionless1887
terre-à-terre1888
inspirationless1896
1887 E. Gurney Tertium Quid II. 77 Musical material, even in its most inventionless combinations, may have more emotional quality than marble.
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