unimaginative

adjective

un·​imag·​i·​na·​tive

ˌən-ə-ˈmaj-nə-tiv;

-ˈma-jə-ˌnā-,

-nə- 

: 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

Recent Examples on the Web

By the time the country began to emerge from behind the Iron Curtain in 1989, Czech food had become stodgy and unimaginative. —David Farley, Travel + Leisure, 1 Sep. 2024

Or does this eagerness to categorize and contain our experiences offer a vision of life that is tame, restrictive, and finally unimaginative? —Jay Caspian Kang, The New Yorker, 21 June 2024

But that is the point: Does the world need another unimaginative alternate jersey? —Bill Shaikin, Los Angeles Times, 17 June 2024

But Prigozhin also tapped into a wider dissatisfaction with Russia’s high command and its unimaginative strategy, wasteful tactics, and corrupt practices. —Lawrence D. Freedman, Foreign Affairs, 25 July 2023

Word History

First Known Use

1814, in the meaning defined above