unimaginative
/ˌʌnɪˈmad͡ʒɪnətɪv/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.54 in modern English
19
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
6
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Not imaginative.
Example Sentences
- "For the first ten years of nationalisation a further note of overall gloom was added by the depressing policy of unimaginative Regional colour schemes, indifferently applied."
- "Lighting was unimaginative for the standard stock with naked tungsten filament bulbs and metal reflectors. However, all compartments had individual reading lights above the seats with attractive glass shades."
- "His views were echoed by The Economist, which feared that the effects of modernisation would be no more than "chromium-plated" inefficiency caused by unimaginative railway management and adverse union reaction."
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English imaginative English unimaginative From un- + imaginative.
Inflected Forms
more unimaginative (comparative)
most unimaginative (superlative)