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单词 unimaginative
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Definition of unimaginative in English:

unimaginative

adjectiveʌnɪˈmadʒɪnətɪvˌənɪˈmædʒ(ə)nədɪv
  • Not readily using or demonstrating the use of the imagination; stolid and somewhat dull.

    the production was plodding and unimaginative
    the audience proved sluggish and unimaginative
    he was an unimaginative leader
    Example sentencesExamples
    • However that preoccupation would not be shared by an ordinary unimaginative skilled man reading this document at the priority date.
    • I could go on as long as I like, but I think I'll stop there, because I'm becoming unimaginative and tired.
    • Perhaps it wasn't edge of the seat stuff, but neither was it deadly dull and wholly unimaginative.
    • Why did these men have to be so old, dull and completely unimaginative?
    • It wasn't, but ostriches have a poor sense of humour and thus find unimaginative alliteration almost ridiculously amusing.
    • They pretend to not see you, and then make insincere apologies or unimaginative threats when you object to them cutting you up in a manner most dangerous.
    • The bus is shunned due to the unimaginative routing and long waits.
    • We started dancing, but rapidly became bored with the bland, unimaginative hip-hop that was being played.
    • The accountant was described as being personally dull, boring and unimaginative.
    • There is an overdependence on unison writing between the alto and bass, and most of the drum lines are unimaginative and monotonous.
    • I thought the responses by both men dull and unimaginative or, as Paul Lewis wrote, ‘lacking a big idea’.
    • Restaurants so often let themselves down at the last by serving unimaginative or downright stodgy desserts.
    • Gangster films and series are generally the most uninspired, unimaginative and moribund visual art around.
    • Despite our awareness of what constitutes a healthy lifestyle, we can still be surprisingly unimaginative when it comes to fruit and veg.
    • But local groups have now slammed the unimaginative proposal and condemned it as a lost opportunity for revitalising the town.
    • Not even the clever antics of the Baron and his friends could ultimately save this dull and unimaginative animation.
    • Like alchemy, poetic art refines the base matter that the unimaginative overlook.
    • How simple and unimaginative does America's imagination have to be if it can be captured that easily with a horse!
    • It was that this is a thoroughly unimaginative, mean-spirited and even, dare I say, anti-human idea.
    • Both parties agreed that the addressee is deemed to be unimaginative and uninventive.
    Synonyms
    uninspired, uninventive, unoriginal, uncreative, unartistic, commonplace, pedestrian, mundane, matter-of-fact, ordinary, usual, routine, humdrum, prosaic, workaday, run of the mill, (plain) vanilla
    stale, hackneyed, trite, derived, derivative, conventional, unadventurous, dull, banal, monotonous, lifeless, lacklustre, sterile, uninspiring, spiritless, vapid, insipid, bland, dry, barren, flat, stodgy
    informal hacky

Derivatives

  • unimaginatively

  • adverbˌʌnɪˈmadʒɪnətɪvliˌənɪˈmædʒɪnədɪvli
    • Most of the major house builders now recognise that it is not sufficient to produce an unimaginatively designed house that lacks size or character.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Various classic rock licks are unimaginatively re-hashed and served up cold, like yesterday's lumpy porridge.
      • British tanks were deployed in larger numbers, but they were unreliable and unimaginatively handled, their difficulties compounded by the practice of stowing ammunition in unprotected racks.
      • It was really a rather lazily researched and unimaginatively produced explanation for the demise of the pub as England's unique offering to the world of entertainment.
      • Avoid room service - the burgers we ordered around midnight were badly cooked and unimaginatively (though speedily) served.
  • unimaginativeness

  • nounˌʌnɪˈmadʒɪnətɪvnəsˌənɪˈmædʒ(ə)nədɪvnəs
    • In fact, the whole album smacks of unimaginativeness.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Despite frequent disappointments, largely due to the indifference or unimaginativeness of others, he carried many amazing things through to completion.
      • The wishful-thinking of movie script-writers when it comes to technology can be sharply contrasted with their complete unimaginativeness when designing alien life.
      • The second fault I want to plead guilty to is carelessness in my statement of your view, and unimaginativeness in applying it.
      • Adulthood is being equated with unimaginativeness, as if childhood is the only realm of the imagination.
 
 

Definition of unimaginative in US English:

unimaginative

adjectiveˌənɪˈmædʒ(ə)nədɪvˌəniˈmaj(ə)nədiv
  • Not readily using or demonstrating the use of the imagination; stolid and somewhat dull.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The bus is shunned due to the unimaginative routing and long waits.
    • However that preoccupation would not be shared by an ordinary unimaginative skilled man reading this document at the priority date.
    • The accountant was described as being personally dull, boring and unimaginative.
    • But local groups have now slammed the unimaginative proposal and condemned it as a lost opportunity for revitalising the town.
    • It was that this is a thoroughly unimaginative, mean-spirited and even, dare I say, anti-human idea.
    • How simple and unimaginative does America's imagination have to be if it can be captured that easily with a horse!
    • Not even the clever antics of the Baron and his friends could ultimately save this dull and unimaginative animation.
    • We started dancing, but rapidly became bored with the bland, unimaginative hip-hop that was being played.
    • I thought the responses by both men dull and unimaginative or, as Paul Lewis wrote, ‘lacking a big idea’.
    • Perhaps it wasn't edge of the seat stuff, but neither was it deadly dull and wholly unimaginative.
    • Gangster films and series are generally the most uninspired, unimaginative and moribund visual art around.
    • Like alchemy, poetic art refines the base matter that the unimaginative overlook.
    • They pretend to not see you, and then make insincere apologies or unimaginative threats when you object to them cutting you up in a manner most dangerous.
    • There is an overdependence on unison writing between the alto and bass, and most of the drum lines are unimaginative and monotonous.
    • Restaurants so often let themselves down at the last by serving unimaginative or downright stodgy desserts.
    • Why did these men have to be so old, dull and completely unimaginative?
    • Despite our awareness of what constitutes a healthy lifestyle, we can still be surprisingly unimaginative when it comes to fruit and veg.
    • Both parties agreed that the addressee is deemed to be unimaginative and uninventive.
    • It wasn't, but ostriches have a poor sense of humour and thus find unimaginative alliteration almost ridiculously amusing.
    • I could go on as long as I like, but I think I'll stop there, because I'm becoming unimaginative and tired.
    Synonyms
    uninspired, uninventive, unoriginal, uncreative, unartistic, commonplace, pedestrian, mundane, matter-of-fact, ordinary, usual, routine, humdrum, prosaic, workaday, run of the mill, vanilla, plain vanilla
 
 
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