underinventiveness

noun

The fact of being underinventive; insufficient inventiveness.

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Meanings

noununderinventiveness (plural underinventivenesses)

plural underinventivenesses

  1. The fact of being underinventive; insufficient inventiveness.

    For all its silliness and underinventiveness, Rats stands no chance of being trounced by the culturally predatory Cats.

    1984 February 4, Michael Bronski, “Cats: Straight and Boring”, in Gay Community News, volume 11, number 28, page 17

Origin

From underinventive + -ness or under- + inventiveness.

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underinventiveness. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/underinventiveness

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“underinventiveness.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/underinventiveness. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “underinventiveness,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/underinventiveness.

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