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noncreative

  • 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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“You’re doing this very creative, often very personal thing, but you’re expected to produce in this totally noncreative way,” says Dan Guterman, a writer for Community and The Colbert Report.

From Slate ● Jul. 9, 2014

Participants can also enjoy art workshops and snacks to satisfy their noncreative appetites.

From New York Times ● Sep. 20, 2012

Beyond their overall skepticism about culinary IP, people instinctively object to patenting the Vegas Strip Steak because cutting meat somehow feels noncreative.

From Slate ● Jun. 21, 2012

Its intellectual life is almost totally noncreative, since voices that speak or hands that write with less than extreme caution quickly get their owners in trouble.

From Time Magazine Archive