uninventive
Example Sentences
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His paintings were considered uninventive and consequently ignored.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 2026
But where “Inventing Anna” insists on fidelity to real life, it’s annoying, such as in Garner’s uninventive portrayal of Anna.
From Seattle Times ● May 5, 2022
Next to Durham and Cincinnati, L.A. might have seemed uncharacteristically uninventive.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 13, 2016
Not only is this a close repetition of other corporate attempts to dodge regulation, it's actually so uninventive that VW was caught and fined in 1973 for dodging similar tests.
From BBC ● Oct. 25, 2015
In peace and war alike the unimaginative, uninventive man is a burthen and a retardation, as he never was before in the world's history.
From An Englishman Looks at the World by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)
