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underinventiveness

underinventiveness noun: the fact of being underinventive; insufficient inventiveness.

Noun

underinventiveness (plural underinventivenesses)

  1. The fact of being underinventive; insufficient inventiveness.
    • For all its silliness and underinventiveness, Rats stands no chance of being trounced by the culturally predatory Cats.1984 February 4, Michael Bronski, “Cats: Straight and Boring”, in Gay Community News, volume 11, number 28, page 17

Forms of underinventiveness

pluralunderinventivenesses

Origin of underinventiveness

From underinventive + -ness or under- + inventiveness.

Questions about underinventiveness

What does underinventiveness mean?
Underinventiveness means the fact of being underinventive; insufficient inventiveness.
What part of speech is underinventiveness?
Underinventiveness is a noun.
What is the plural of underinventiveness?
The plural of underinventiveness is underinventivenesses.

Words near underinventiveness in the dictionary

  1. underinsures
  2. underinsuring
  3. underinterpretation
  4. underinterpretations
  5. underinventive
  6. underinventiveness
  7. underinventoried
  8. underinvest
  9. underinvested
  10. underinvestigated
  11. underinvesting

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