uninventiveadj.
/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.
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adj.1776