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单词 uninventive
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Definition of uninventive in English:

uninventive

adjectiveʌnɪnˈvɛntɪvˌənənˈvɛn(t)ɪv
  • Not showing creativity or original thought.

    无发明才能的;无创意的

    the oils were sensitively painted but uninventive in design

    这些油画笔法细腻,但构思缺乏创意。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Alternatively it might be shown that the experiments - and I know it is not a statute but it is a plural - were of a routine character which the uninventive worker in the field would try as a matter of course.
    • Both are solid but uninventive folk-singers/guitarists.
    • The movement could even be described as uninventive yet the whole piece is incredibly moving and symbolic.
    • They do not make spineless and uninventive psychedelia.
    • But frankly, the whole wizard stance worked just fine, and most of the other arrangements on the EP range from simply paling in comparison to the original to more overtly lifeless and uninventive.
    • Every song is a flaccid, uninventive mix of mid-tempo, late ‘90s hard rock and pseudo-heavy vocal drive.
    • This was, I thought at the time, a representative sample of the national poetic effort, and it was clear to me that, on average, it was gutless, insincere, facetious, uninventive and dreary.
    • It is uninventive, unresponsive, unintelligent, uninformed, and unmotivated to succeed.
    • But he's also caught in a nostalgia/novelty loop; the track itself is uninventive, and touches like Marlon Brando's cameo add nothing.
    • He believes that Irish building is dull and uninventive.
    • Of course, Brennan's purpose is to revise the idea that formalism was monolithic and uninventive, not to situate the Stieglitz circle's aesthetics in historical context.
    • The platformer side of the game is as stale and uninventive as ever, but the multiplayer offering, which smells of nostalgia, will definitely please fans.
    • In the past archaeologists and anthropologists believed the Neandertals were uninventive and slow creatures.
    • These self-glorifying tropes are exploited in routine, uninventive travelogs promoting the national (cultural and art) heritage and war reportages.
    • I'm not saying Neville was an uninteresting or uninventive designer, but he was definitely one who was clear about what he liked and what he didn't like.
    • This band was too plodding, to uninventive to draw Hendrix out of his depressed shell.
    • This band's falsetto preening, cat suits and uninventive instrumental tripe is not intended to be a joke but comes off as a really bad one.
    • Ungainly and uninventive as they are, this English side could still thrive in this competition.
    • In front of 39,000 supporters, they turned out a display that was uninventive, effortless and depressingly poor.
    • Both parties agreed that the addressee is deemed to be unimaginative and uninventive.
    Synonyms
    unimaginative, pedestrian, mundane, unoriginal, prosaic, commonplace, ordinary, routine, second-rate, undistinguished, unexceptional, indifferent, humdrum, matter-of-fact, run of the mill, workaday, everyday, quotidian, vanilla, plain vanilla

Derivatives

  • uninventively

  • adverb
    • But overall, the film is slow, dreary, poorly written, uninventively shot, and just plain boring.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • This scene is a more enticing hook than the slower and uninventively staged photographing panels.
      • Their techniques were ably but uninventively continued by their sons.
      • The Western half of this plate is dominated by a region named quite uninventively the Plains.
  • uninventiveness

  • noun
    • Social history exhibits a similar uninventiveness, for it seems very difficult for social historians to describe anything but improvements, as they move on from decade to decade.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • So, I hope you don't mind the uninventiveness with this one.
      • Hopefully my uninventiveness in this introduction will be compensated for via my random spoutings in the poetry section, and probably a few other places.
      • Looking good and moving steadily forward, the film nevertheless aches with a simplicity and uninventiveness that makes it hard to excuse the fact this is one of Allen's most enjoyable films to watch.
      • The script is rather flaky and unwilling to take chances, following instead the usual formula of uninventiveness with no real plot.

Definition of uninventive in US English:

uninventive

adjectiveˌənənˈven(t)ivˌənənˈvɛn(t)ɪv
  • Not showing creativity or original thought.

    无发明才能的;无创意的

    the oils were sensitively painted but uninventive in design

    这些油画笔法细腻,但构思缺乏创意。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • But frankly, the whole wizard stance worked just fine, and most of the other arrangements on the EP range from simply paling in comparison to the original to more overtly lifeless and uninventive.
    • In the past archaeologists and anthropologists believed the Neandertals were uninventive and slow creatures.
    • This band was too plodding, to uninventive to draw Hendrix out of his depressed shell.
    • They do not make spineless and uninventive psychedelia.
    • These self-glorifying tropes are exploited in routine, uninventive travelogs promoting the national (cultural and art) heritage and war reportages.
    • But he's also caught in a nostalgia/novelty loop; the track itself is uninventive, and touches like Marlon Brando's cameo add nothing.
    • Both are solid but uninventive folk-singers/guitarists.
    • Ungainly and uninventive as they are, this English side could still thrive in this competition.
    • The platformer side of the game is as stale and uninventive as ever, but the multiplayer offering, which smells of nostalgia, will definitely please fans.
    • This was, I thought at the time, a representative sample of the national poetic effort, and it was clear to me that, on average, it was gutless, insincere, facetious, uninventive and dreary.
    • This band's falsetto preening, cat suits and uninventive instrumental tripe is not intended to be a joke but comes off as a really bad one.
    • Of course, Brennan's purpose is to revise the idea that formalism was monolithic and uninventive, not to situate the Stieglitz circle's aesthetics in historical context.
    • In front of 39,000 supporters, they turned out a display that was uninventive, effortless and depressingly poor.
    • He believes that Irish building is dull and uninventive.
    • I'm not saying Neville was an uninteresting or uninventive designer, but he was definitely one who was clear about what he liked and what he didn't like.
    • Alternatively it might be shown that the experiments - and I know it is not a statute but it is a plural - were of a routine character which the uninventive worker in the field would try as a matter of course.
    • Every song is a flaccid, uninventive mix of mid-tempo, late ‘90s hard rock and pseudo-heavy vocal drive.
    • Both parties agreed that the addressee is deemed to be unimaginative and uninventive.
    • The movement could even be described as uninventive yet the whole piece is incredibly moving and symbolic.
    • It is uninventive, unresponsive, unintelligent, uninformed, and unmotivated to succeed.
    Synonyms
    unimaginative, pedestrian, mundane, unoriginal, prosaic, commonplace, ordinary, routine, second-rate, undistinguished, unexceptional, indifferent, humdrum, matter-of-fact, run of the mill, workaday, everyday, quotidian, vanilla, plain vanilla
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