uninventive

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adjective

Not inventive.

Similar
uncreativeunimaginativeuninspiredunoriginalsterile
OriginEnglish inventive ← Middle English un- ← Old English un- →
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Meanings

adjectiveuninventive (comparative more uninventive, superlative most uninventive)

comparative more uninventive · superlative most uninventive

  1. Not inventive.

    Synonyms: uncreative, unimaginative, uninspired, unoriginal

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveNot inventive.

Similar
uncreativeunimaginativeuninspiredunoriginal

More synonyms by meaning

adjectivedeficient in originality or creativity; lacking powers of invention

Similar
sterileunimaginativeuninspireduncreative
Also see
sterileuncreativeunimaginativeuninspiredunoriginal

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*né
  2. Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
  3. Proto-Germanic*un-
  4. Proto-West Germanic*un-
  5. Old Englishun-
  6. Middle Englishun-
  7. Englishun-
  8. Englishinventive
  9. Englishuninventive

From un- + inventive.

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APA

uninventive. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/uninventive

MLA

“uninventive.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/uninventive. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “uninventive,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/uninventive.

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