uninventive

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Recent Examples of uninventive But for years, eight or nine of the roughly 10 sketches each week have been expected, uninventive, rote duds. Zak Jason, Wired, 21 May 2021 The earnest but uninventive special suffers from a lack of electrifying performances that have defined past ceremonies, with rousing crowd favorites and inspired team-ups between inductees and newer artists. Patrick Ryan, USA TODAY, 7 Nov. 2020 Celebrity cameos are generally a safe bet, but Chrissy Teigen and John Legend's commercial for the luxury car brand Genesis reminded us of how uninventive the tactic can be. Author: Maura Judkis, Sonia Rao, Anchorage Daily News, 3 Feb. 2020 Celebrity cameos are generally a safe bet, but Chrissy Teigen and John Legend’s commercial for the luxury car brand Genesis reminded us of how uninventive the tactic can be. Washington Post, 3 Feb. 2020 Nonetheless, once again, the passing was slow, sloppy and uninventive. SI.com, 3 Oct. 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for uninventive
Adjective
  • Such an unimaginative and bland group of coaches and programs.
    Antonio Morales, The Athletic, 24 Jan. 2025
  • The book will therefore appear January 14 (following a leak that rocked the publishing world), scarcely a month after Francis’s 88th birthday, under the appropriate if slightly unimaginative title Hope.
    airmail.news, airmail.news, 11 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • Closed, communist societies, such as the Soviet Union, had shown themselves to be too uncreative and unproductive to compete economically and militarily with liberal states.
    Walter Russell Mead, Foreign Affairs, 17 Apr. 2014
  • That being said, the chorus is a bit uncreative and repetitive.
    Preezy Brown, VIBE.com, 22 July 2024
Adjective
  • The idea may be just as unoriginal as florals for spring.
    Adrianna Rodriguez, USA TODAY, 7 Feb. 2025
  • The writing in general felt designed by committee to be as inoffensive and unoriginal as possible.
    Erik Kain, Forbes, 24 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • The swingman’s stats have also faltered this past month, with his scoring and shooting attempts dropping drastically, which many have attributed to Butler’s uninspired play and seeming lack of motivation.
    Preezy Brown, VIBE.com, 28 Jan. 2025
  • Cities are weirdly static and exploration boils down to simple puzzles and uninspired loot.
    Erik Kain, Forbes, 24 Jan. 2025

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“Uninventive.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/uninventive. Accessed 16 Feb. 2025.

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