Example Sentences

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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

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

He harboured little affection for his homeland, describing Trinidad as an "unimportant, uncreative, cynical... dot on the map".

From BBC • Aug. 11, 2018

Along the way, he regularly mocked traditional media companies as stodgy and uncreative.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 23, 2017

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