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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

Tempting as it is to treat Musk like a unique antagonist to the news media, he is just another uncreative tech titan in this arena.

From Slate Nov. 26, 2024

Among those who worked with or near him, Spotts is often described as creative within an uncreative environment — a sleeper agent inside an often inert bureaucracy.

From Seattle Times Sep. 13, 2022

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

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