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单词 unfanciful
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unfancifuladj.

Etymology: Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: unˈfanciful.
(un- prefix1 1.)
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the mind > emotion > suffering > feeling of weariness or tedium > [adjective] > wearisome or tedious > lacking inspiration
fanciless1753
unfanciful1814
uninspiring1815
uninventful1856
inventionless1887
terre-à-terre1888
inspirationless1896
1814 L. Hunt Feast of Poets 48 There is something not inelegant or unfanciful in the conduct of Mr. Hayley's Triumphs of Temper.
1840 G. Darley in Wks. of Beaumont & Fletcher I. Introd. p. xxviii Ambitious fustian,..unfanciful extravagance.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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