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His paintings were considered uninventive and consequently ignored.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 12, 2026

But where “Inventing Anna” insists on fidelity to real life, it’s annoying, such as in Garner’s uninventive portrayal of Anna.

From Seattle Times May 5, 2022

Next to Durham and Cincinnati, L.A. might have seemed uncharacteristically uninventive.

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 13, 2016

Not only is this a close repetition of other corporate attempts to dodge regulation, it's actually so uninventive that VW was caught and fined in 1973 for dodging similar tests.

From BBC Oct. 25, 2015

Our lovers are children of nature, natural and uninventive.

From The Kempton-Wace Letters by London, Jack