unimaginative
Britishadjective
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It is possible that thinking is unimaginative, too dead to the urgency of the moment.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 5, 2026
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
Scotland were unimaginative in front of goal and porous in defence against the world's 74th-best team.
From BBC • Jun. 7, 2025
With a weak, unimaginative script by Zach Baylin and William Schneider doing him no favors, Skarsgård looks as lost as the pre-reborn Eric, never mustering enough mythic power.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 23, 2024
Indeed, Ragwort, the most unimaginative rabbit alive, had actually heard it underground.
From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams
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