Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

uninnovative

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: unin-no-va-tive
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Not innovative.

Example Sentences

"Socialism is high-cost, uninnovative, and inefficient, whereas production by private firms tends to be innovative and efficient."
"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.""
"We hardly notice when uninnovative businesses go under."

Etymology

From un- + innovative.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: un-

Inflected Forms

more uninnovative (comparative) most uninnovative (superlative)

Questions

What does uninnovative mean?: Not innovative.
Where does uninnovative come from?: From un- + innovative.

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