unimaginative
EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
un- + imaginative
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AdjectiveEdit
unimaginative (comparative more unimaginative, superlative most unimaginative)
- Not imaginative.
- 1962 October, Brian Haresnape, “Focus on B.R. passenger stations”, in Modern Railways, page 251:
- For the first ten years of nationalisation a further note of overall gloom was added by the depressing policy of unimaginative Regional colour schemes, indifferently applied.
- 1979 August, Graham Burtenshaw and Michael S. Welch, “O.V.S. Bulleid's SR loco-hauled coaches - 1”, in Railway World, page 398:
- Lighting was unimaginative for the standard stock with naked tungsten filament bulbs and metal reflectors. However, all compartments had individual reading lights above the seats with attractive glass shades.
- Synonyms: uncreative, uninventive, uninspired, unoriginal
- Antonym: imaginative
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not imaginative
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