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uninventive

adjective un·in·ven·tive \ ˌən-in-ˈven-tiv \

Definition of uninventive

: lacking creativity or imagination : not inventive
  • an uninventive plot
  • uninventive thinking
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uninventively

adverb
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uninventiveness

noun

First Known Use of uninventive

1776

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