undercreative
undercreative adjective: insufficiently creative.
Adjective
undercreative (comparative more undercreative, superlative most undercreative)
- Insufficiently creative.
- Near-synonym: uncreative
- Overmotivated people tend to persist with the obvious plan. Thus they tend to do well with simple problems but badly with difficult problems. Undercreative people also tend to persist with the obvious plan. Creative people have the flexibility to generate many plans and the persistence to test them...1973, W. Lambert Gardiner, An Invitation to Cognitive Psychology, Monterey, C.A.: Brooks/Cole Publishing Company, →ISBN, page 130
- Synonyms:
- uncreative
- Antonyms:
- overcreative
Synonyms of undercreative
Antonyms
Forms of undercreative
| comparative | more undercreative |
|---|---|
| superlative | most undercreative |
Origin of undercreative
From under- + creative.
Questions about undercreative
- What does undercreative mean?
- Undercreative means insufficiently creative.
- What part of speech is undercreative?
- Undercreative is an adjective.
Words near undercreative in the dictionary
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