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unimaginative

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unimaginative [ˌʌnɪˈmædʒɪnətɪv]
adj
lacking in imagination or imaginative thought; dull
unimaginatively  adv
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.unimaginativeunimaginative - deficient in originality or creativity; lacking powers of invention; "a sterile ideology lacking in originality"; "unimaginative development of a musical theme"; "uninspired writing"
uncreative - not creative; "an uncreative imagination"
2.unimaginativeunimaginative - dealing only with concrete facts    
practical - concerned with actual use or practice; "he is a very practical person"; "the idea had no practical application"; "a practical knowledge of Japanese"; "woodworking is a practical art"
3.unimaginativeunimaginative - lacking spontaneity or originality or individuality; "stereotyped phrases of condolence"; "even his profanity was unimaginative"
conventional - unimaginative and conformist; "conventional bourgeois lives"; "conventional attitudes"

unimaginative
adjective
1. prosaic, dull, matter-of-fact, dry, ordinary, routine, predictable, tame, pedestrian, uninspired, unromantic, unoriginal, uncreative Her second husband was a steady, unimaginative corporate lawyer.
Translations
unimaginative [ˈʌnɪˈmædʒɪnətɪv] ADJfalto de imaginación, poco imaginativo
unimaginative [ˌʌnɪˈmædʒɪnətɪv] adj
[person] → sans imagination
[food, film, book, solution] → sans imagination
unimaginative
unimaginative [ˌʌnɪˈmædʒ/ɛ7nətɪv] adjprivo/a di fantasia
unimaginative [ˌʌnɪˈmædʒ/ɛ7nətɪv] adjprivo/a di fantasia


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There is the man whom we all know, stupid, unimaginative, whose brain is bitten numbly by numb maggots; who walks generously with wide-spread, tentative legs, falls frequently in the gutter, and who sees, in the extremity of his ecstasy, blue mice and pink elephants.
Jealously surrounded by its own high walls, the cottage suggested, even to the most unimaginative persons, the idea of an asylum or a prison.
Why, to encounter such a whimsical fellow as myself in this unimaginative age was like meeting a fairy prince, or coming unexpectedly upon Don Quixote attacking the windmill.
 
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