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Recent Examples of uncreative
That leaves it friendless, brittle, and uncreative—and, paradoxically, that leaves it vulnerable when fighting, too.
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Graeme Wood, The Atlantic, 2 Sep. 2025
If a business has been operating with loose controls and has been allowing creativity to be deployed against uncreative things, then stop.
—Megan Poinski, Forbes, 10 Mar. 2025
That being said, the chorus is a bit uncreative and repetitive.
—Preezy Brown, VIBE.com, 22 July 2024
Upgraded felt stale, generic, and uncreative, and as a Brazilian-Colombian critic, that hurts.
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—Nicole Froio, refinery29.com, 11 Feb. 2024
Despite the ample evidence that A.I. could pose a threat to a handful of repetitive, uncreative roles, most workers aren’t shaken up—yet.
—Jane Thier, Fortune, 12 Sep. 2023
While this approach is exactly what has made TikTok such a success, Threads can choose an unfortunate, uncreative mix of posts.
—Heather Kelly, Washington Post, 13 July 2023
Like, for instance, this film is made using a very primitive and uncreative mise en scene.
—Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019
Closed, communist societies, such as the Soviet Union, had shown themselves to be too uncreative and unproductive to compete economically and militarily with liberal states.
—Walter Russell Mead, Foreign Affairs, 17 Apr. 2014
Graeme Wood, The Atlantic, 2 Sep. 2025
If a business has been operating with loose controls and has been allowing creativity to be deployed against uncreative things, then stop.
—Megan Poinski, Forbes, 10 Mar. 2025
That being said, the chorus is a bit uncreative and repetitive.
—Preezy Brown, VIBE.com, 22 July 2024
Upgraded felt stale, generic, and uncreative, and as a Brazilian-Colombian critic, that hurts.
Want more?
—Nicole Froio, refinery29.com, 11 Feb. 2024
Despite the ample evidence that A.I. could pose a threat to a handful of repetitive, uncreative roles, most workers aren’t shaken up—yet.
—Jane Thier, Fortune, 12 Sep. 2023
While this approach is exactly what has made TikTok such a success, Threads can choose an unfortunate, uncreative mix of posts.
—Heather Kelly, Washington Post, 13 July 2023
Like, for instance, this film is made using a very primitive and uncreative mise en scene.
—Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019
Closed, communist societies, such as the Soviet Union, had shown themselves to be too uncreative and unproductive to compete economically and militarily with liberal states.
—Walter Russell Mead, Foreign Affairs, 17 Apr. 2014
Recent Examples of Synonyms for uncreative
Adjective
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An unimaginative offseason and years of poor drafting left had them no choice.—
Andrew Callahan,
Boston Herald,
27 Aug. 2025
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The world of streetwear, expensive sneakers and sweatshirts is an unimaginative and dreary place.—
Jean E. Palmieri,
Footwear News,
19 May 2025
Adjective
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In sales, trust is currency, and nothing burns trust faster than sounding unoriginal, lazy or shady.—
Don Markland,
Forbes.com,
2 Sep. 2025
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Meta said unoriginal content is when images or videos are reused without crediting the original creator.—
Zach Vallese,
CNBC,
14 July 2025
Adjective
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Then there was his uninspired use of the Arsenale as a platform for his usual shtick about how everything from climate change to affordable housing could be solved if buildings were simply less boring.—
Kate Wagner,
Curbed,
5 Sep. 2025
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This show hasn't been relevant for over 20 years and is hanging on by a thread with uninspired ideas in a desperate attempt for attention.—
Megan Cartwright,
MSNBC Newsweek,
4 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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But for years, eight or nine of the roughly 10 sketches each week have been expected, uninventive, rote duds.—
Zak Jason,
Wired,
21 May 2021
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The earnest but uninventive special suffers from a lack of electrifying performances that have defined past ceremonies, with rousing crowd favorites and inspired team-ups between inductees and newer artists.—
Patrick Ryan,
USA TODAY,
7 Nov. 2020
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“Uncreative.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/uncreative. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.
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