: 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 …
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Alan Knight
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unimaginativeness
noun
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Strict and unimaginative gender norms were alive and well, and Weight Watchers was for the ladies (calories, of course, have no gender.
—John Devore, Rolling Stone, 25 Mar. 2025
These hotels are, at their worst, sites of literal death, and at best, gilded cages for the unimaginative.
—Alex Abad-Santos, Vox, 17 Feb. 2025
Yet what was once novel and football-redeeming has turned dull and unimaginative.
—Jeff Pearlman, Rolling Stone, 8 Feb. 2025
Unlike the expressiveness of Blauvelt’s long collaboration with Kelly Reichardt, the visuals here look flat and unimaginative.
—David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 Feb. 2025
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John Devore, Rolling Stone, 25 Mar. 2025
These hotels are, at their worst, sites of literal death, and at best, gilded cages for the unimaginative.
—Alex Abad-Santos, Vox, 17 Feb. 2025
Yet what was once novel and football-redeeming has turned dull and unimaginative.
—Jeff Pearlman, Rolling Stone, 8 Feb. 2025
Unlike the expressiveness of Blauvelt’s long collaboration with Kelly Reichardt, the visuals here look flat and unimaginative.
—David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 Feb. 2025
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“Unimaginative.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unimaginative. Accessed 4 Apr. 2025.
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