unimaginative

adjective

un·imag·i·na·tive

ˌən-ə-ˈmaj-nə-tiv;

-ˈma-jə-ˌnā-,

-nə-

Synonyms of unimaginative next

: having or showing a lack of imagination or originality : not imaginative

unimaginative people

an unimaginative menu

a predictable and unimaginative plot

unimaginatively adverb

… this is a simple, straightforward survey, competently if unimaginatively presented … —

Alan Knight

unimaginativeness noun

Examples of unimaginative in a Sentence

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The book will therefore appear January 14 (following a leak that rocked the publishing world), scarcely a month after Francis’s 88th birthday, under the appropriate if slightly unimaginative title Hope. —

airmail.news, 11 Jan. 2025 From the interviewer’s perspective, a candidate with no questions can come across as disinterested, unprepared, or—worse—unimaginative. —

Benjamin Laker, Forbes, 9 Jan. 2025 His journey, however, takes a back seat to various unimaginative set pieces and tired gags, relying purely on Muppet charisma to power through. —

Barry Levitt, Vulture, 20 June 2024 The firm is smart, if also unimaginative, to highlight competition with China — which is indeed bipartisan, though likely to be managed very differently by the incoming administration. —

Johanna Costigan, Forbes, 26 Nov. 2024 See all Example Sentences for unimaginative