uninventiveadj.

Brit.

/ˌʌnɪnˈvɛntɪv/, U.S.

/ˌənᵻnˈvɛn(t)ɪv/

(un- prefix¹ 1.)

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > relationship > imitation > [adjective] > not original or derivative

secondary1398

borrowed1571

third hand1598

denominative1624

second hand1654

second-handed1682

of second hand1708

unoriginal1749

uninventive1776

unoriginative1845

uncreative1855

hand-me-down1881

reach-me-down1907

cookie cutter1922

1776 W. J. Mickle in tr. L. de Camoens Lusiad Dissert. 164/1 A most servile uninventive imitation of the sixth Eneid.

1783 H. Blair Lect. Rhetoric I. 349 Nature..appears, to his uninventive genius, exhausted by those who have gone before him.

1816 Q. Rev. 15 71 One is of a dry and uninventive faculty.

1855 H. H. Milman Hist. Lat. Christianity VI. xiv. iii. 447 The inert and uninventive disciple of the Western philosophy.

Derivatives

uninˈventively adv. (Webster, 1847).

uninˈventiveness n.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > suffering > feeling of weariness or tedium > [noun] > state or quality of being wearisome or tedious > lacking inspiration

soullessness1811

uninventiveness1863

1863 Sat. Rev. 14 Mar. 335/2 The very grotesqueness and uninventiveness..which distinguished the illuminations of Tuesday.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1924; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	uninventive
释义	uninventiveadj. Brit. /ˌʌnɪnˈvɛntɪv/, U.S. /ˌənᵻnˈvɛn(t)ɪv/ (un- prefix¹ 1.) ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > relationship > imitation > [adjective] > not original or derivative secondary1398 borrowed1571 third hand1598 denominative1624 second hand1654 second-handed1682 of second hand1708 unoriginal1749 uninventive1776 unoriginative1845 uncreative1855 hand-me-down1881 reach-me-down1907 cookie cutter1922 1776 W. J. Mickle in tr. L. de Camoens Lusiad Dissert. 164/1 A most servile uninventive imitation of the sixth Eneid. 1783 H. Blair Lect. Rhetoric I. 349 Nature..appears, to his uninventive genius, exhausted by those who have gone before him. 1816 Q. Rev. 15 71 One is of a dry and uninventive faculty. 1855 H. H. Milman Hist. Lat. Christianity VI. xiv. iii. 447 The inert and uninventive disciple of the Western philosophy. Derivatives uninˈventively adv. (Webster, 1847). uninˈventiveness n. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > feeling of weariness or tedium > [noun] > state or quality of being wearisome or tedious > lacking inspiration soullessness1811 uninventiveness1863 1863 Sat. Rev. 14 Mar. 335/2 The very grotesqueness and uninventiveness..which distinguished the illuminations of Tuesday. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1924; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < adj.1776
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