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unimaginative

see definition of unimaginative

adjdull, predictable

Word Origin & History

late 14c., ymaginatyf, from Old French imaginatif and directly from Medieval Latin imaginativus, from imaginat-, stem of Latin imaginari (see imagine). Related: Imaginatively; imaginativeness.

Example Sentences for unimaginative

They were a phlegmatic race, placid, unimaginative, reposeful.

Looking at him, I thought they must indeed be an unimaginative set!

Peasants were greedy, narrow, unimaginative, lacking in public spirit.

There are, of course, some among the thirty who are unimaginative and unenterprising.

And, in his unimaginative way, he thought he had spoken too gently.

Larner was not ...

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Synonyms for unimaginative

adj dull, predictable

banal
hackneyed
tedious
trite
uninspired
barren
bromidic
common
commonplace
derivative
dime a dozen
dry
dull as dishwater
flat
ho hum
lifeless
matter-of-fact
ordinary
pabulum
pedestrian
prosaic
routine
square
tame
uncreative
unoriginal
unromantic
usual
vanilla
well-worn
zero

Antonyms for unimaginative

fresh
new
original
uncommon
creative
imaginative

More words related to unimaginative

banal

adjective. commonplace

blah
bland
bromidic
clichéd
common
conventional
cornball
cornfed
corny
dull as dishwater
dumb
everyday
flat
hackneyed
ho hum
hokey
humdrum
insipid
mundane
noplace
nothing
nowhere
old hat
ordinary
pabulum
pedestrian
platitudinous
square
stale
stereotyped
stock
stupid
tired
tripe
trite
unimaginative
unoriginal
vapid
watery
wishy-washy
zero

bromidic

adjective. trite

banal
clichéd
commonplace
dull
hackneyed
overused
platitudinal
platitudinous
prosaic
shopworn
stale
stereotyped
stereotypic
stereotypical
stock
threadbare
timeworn
tired
unimaginative
unoriginal
warmed-over
well-worn
worn-out

button-down

adjective. conventional

boring
buttoned-down
conformist
conservative
old-fashioned
strait-laced
stuffy
traditional
unimaginative

conservative

adjective. cautious, moderate, tending to preserve the status quo

Tory
bourgeois
constant
controlled
conventional
die-hard
fearful
firm
fogyish
fuddy-duddy
guarded
hard hat
hidebound
holding to
illiberal
in a rut
inflexible
middle-of-the-road
not extreme
obstinate
old guard
old line
orthodox
quiet
reactionary
redneck
right
right of center
right-wing
sober
stable
steady
timid
traditional
traditionalistic
unchangeable
unchanging
uncreative
undaring
unimaginative
unprogressive
white bread

dull

adjective. boring, uninteresting

abused
archaic
arid
big yawn
blah
colorless
common
commonplace
dead
dismal
dreary
driveling
dry
familiar
flat
hackneyed
heavy
ho hum
hoary
humdrum
insipid
jejune
longwinded
monotonous
oft-repeated
ordinary
out-of-date
plain
pointless
prolix
prosaic
prosy
repetitious
repetitive
routine
run-of-the-mill
soporific
stale
stock
stupid
tame
tedious
tired
tiresome
trite
unimaginative
uninspiring
usual
usual thing
vapid
worn-out

duller