undercreative

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adjective

Insufficiently creative.

“Near-synonym: uncreative”

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Scrabble 19

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adjectiveundercreative (comparative more undercreative, superlative most undercreative)

comparative more undercreative · superlative most undercreative

  1. Insufficiently creative.

    Near-synonym: uncreative

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    Overmotivated people tend to persist with the obvious plan. Thus they tend to do well with simple problems but badly with difficult problems. Undercreative people also tend to persist with the obvious plan. Creative people have the flexibility to generate many plans and the persistence to test them all.

    1973, W. Lambert Gardiner, An Invitation to Cognitive Psychology, Monterey, C.A.: Brooks/Cole Publishing Company, →ISBN, page 130

    Synonyms: uncreative · Antonyms: overcreative

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adjectiveInsufficiently creative.

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