uninnovative

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adjective

Not innovative.

Scrabble 18

Meanings

adjectiveuninnovative (comparative more uninnovative, superlative most uninnovative)

comparative more uninnovative · superlative most uninnovative

  1. Not innovative.

    We hardly notice when uninnovative businesses go under.

    2020 March 1, Derek Lidow, “Why We Can’t Innovate And How To Change That”, in Forbes
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    Socialism is high-cost, uninnovative, and inefficient, whereas production by private firms tends to be innovative and efficient.

    2012, David R. Henderson, “Do Governments Need to Go to War for Oil?”, in Robert E. Looney, editor, Handbook of Oil Politics, Taylor & Francis, →ISBN, page 141

    On Facebook, Jan Honza Zicha said: "I remember time when [Banksy] was 'on to subject' before anyone else or at least part of the first liners. Unfortunately this time, he is about 10 months too late and the art work is truly... well obvious and uninnovative."

    2017 May 7, “Dover Banksy mural shows star chiselled off EU flag”, in BBC News

Origin

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APA

uninnovative. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/uninnovative

MLA

“uninnovative.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/uninnovative. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

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