unimaginative

English

Etymology

From un- +‎ imaginative.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

unimaginative (comparative more unimaginative, superlative most unimaginative)

1. Not imaginative.

   Synonyms: uncreative, uninventive, uninspired, unoriginal

   Antonym: 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, 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.

   • 2023 March 8, David Clough, “The long road that led to Beeching”, in RAIL, number 978, page 43:

     His views were echoed by The Economist, which feared that the effects of modernisation would be no more than "chromium-plated" inefficiency caused by unimaginative railway management and adverse union reaction.

Derived terms

• unimaginatively
• unimaginativeness

Translations

not imaginative

• Finnish: mielikuvitukseton (fi) (that does not have imagination), käsittämätön (fi) (that cannot be imagined)
• Greek: ανευφάνταστος (el) (aneffántastos)
• Swedish: fantasilös (sv)