unimaginative.

Lacking creative or resourceful imagination in the relevant approach or form.

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Words that belong together

• unimaginative response
• unimaginative design

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The unimaginative response repeated the initial proposal without considering the changed conditions.

The design was unimaginative but adequate for the simple task.

Usage notes

Primary category: literary / elevated general. Forms: Comparative more unimaginative; superlative most unimaginative where gradation is meaningful. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: narrative transformation, conception and possibility, memory representation, anticipatory detail. Disciplines: literary writing, advanced general English, narrative analysis. Commonness: moderately common.