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uncreative

  • a word derived from creative.
    creative
    adjective
    having the power to bring something new into being, as a creature, or to evolve something original from one’s own thought or imagination, as a work of art or invention: In the mythologies of the earliest human societies, the predominant ideas about which sex was more important in reproduction may have determined the sex assigned to the universal creative force.

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Critics panned it as tone deaf and uncreative, and it was cancelled after two seasons.

From Barron's ● May 14, 2026

Do trolls have nameless, faceless accounts ready to fire off uncreative insults from?

From BBC ● Jul. 5, 2023

Instead, it was a largely cautious, uncreative affair aside from the performances of Van Ginkel, a Brazilian by way of Spain, and teammate Jun Endo of Japan, a second-half substitute.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 11, 2022

The book has a few moments of clunky exposition and uncreative dialogue, unsurprising in a young adult fantasy novel.

From Seattle Times ● Aug. 10, 2021

Surely I can understand this, and I hate it and I will fight against it to preserve the one thing that separates us from the uncreative beasts.

From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck