unimaginative
Britishadjective
Other Word Forms
- unimaginatively adverb
Example Sentences
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The best that can be said for the officers in charge is that they were unimaginative, by-the-book commanders overwhelmed by their responsibilities.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 20, 2026
It is the sort of thing late-night comedians caricature when they want to illustrate unimaginative gift-giving.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 28, 2025
“For over a decade, Nicholson suffered from unaggressive and unimaginative representation,” McGilligan wrote.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 2, 2024
"Plodding, genre-hopping songs all end up as unimaginative ballads, their dreary lyrics littered with gibberish - though Sheeran's hooks remain strong," she wrote.
From BBC • Oct. 6, 2023
Indeed, Ragwort, the most unimaginative rabbit alive, had actually heard it underground.
From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams
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