uninventive

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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

As he is not a man of genius, or even a man of remarkable ability, as he is ignorant, uninventive and idle, you will see him flounder and fall from one failure to another.

From Correspondence & Conversations of Alexis de Tocqueville with Nassau William Senior from 1834 to 1859, Volume 2 by Tocqueville, Alexis de