underimagined

English

Etymology

From under- +‎ imagined.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

underimagined (comparative more underimagined, superlative most underimagined)

1. Insufficiently imagined; betraying a lack of imagination.
   • 1993, Peter Wolfe, Alarms and Epitaphs: The Art of Eric Ambler‎^[1], →ISBN, page 216:

     Though craftsmanly, smooth, and committed, in the main, they nonetheless seem underimagined.

   • 2012, Will Self, Tough, Tough Toys for Tough, Tough Boys‎^[2], →ISBN, page 113:

     Caithness was infiltrated with a palpable sense of being underimagined.

   • 2013, Kristiaan Versluys, Out of the Blue: September 11 and the Novel‎^[3], →ISBN:

     The scenes in the burning tower are woefully underimagined.