Meanings
comparative more uninspired · superlative most uninspired
- Lacking inspiration; dull or dry.
Looking out on the morning rain / I used to feel so uninspired / And when I knew I had to face another day / Lord, it made me feel so tired
1967, Carole King, Gerry Goffin, “(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman”, performed by Aretha Franklin
- participlepastsimple past and past participle of uninspire
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectivehaving no intellectual or emotional or spiritual excitement
adjectivedeficient in originality or creativity; lacking powers of invention
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*né
- Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
- Proto-Germanic*un-
- Proto-West Germanic*un-
- Old Englishun-
- Middle Englishun-
- Englishun-
- Englishinspired
- Englishuninspired
Translations
Bulgarian скучен, монотонен
- скучен (skučen)lacking inspiration
- монотонен (monotonen)lacking inspiration
Danish uinspireret, kedelig
- uinspireretlacking inspiration
- kedeliglacking inspiration
Finnish hengetön, lattea
- hengetönlacking inspiration
- lattealacking inspiration
- tylsälacking inspiration
- mielikuvituksetonlacking inspiration
Greek ανέμπνευστος
- ανέμπνευστος (anémpnefstos)lacking inspiration
Polish banalny, przeciętny
- banalnylacking inspiration
- przeciętnylacking inspiration
- bez polotulacking inspiration
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with uninspired
Cite this entry
uninspired. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/uninspired
“uninspired.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/uninspired. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “uninspired,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/uninspired.
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