unimaginative
Syllables: un·i·ma·gi·na·tive
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British/ˌʌnɪˈmad͡ʒɪnətɪv/
unimaginative adjective: not imaginative.
Adjective
unimaginative (comparative more unimaginative, superlative most unimaginative)
- Not imaginative.
- 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.1962 October, Brian Haresnape, “Focus on B.R. passenger stations”, in Modern Railways, page 251
- 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.1979 August, Graham Burtenshaw, Michael S. Welch, “O.V.S. Bulleid's SR loco-hauled coaches - 1”, in Railway World, page 398
- Synonyms:
- uncreative, uninventive, uninspired, unoriginal, linear
- Antonyms:
- imaginative
unimaginative meaning in Urdu, Bengali and Malayalam
unimaginative in Urdu
- بےتخیل
unimaginative in Bengali
- কল্পনাশক্তিহীন
unimaginative in Malayalam
- uninventive, uninspired, unoriginal
- ഭാവനാശൂന്യമായ, ഭാവനാപരമല്ലാത്ത, ധിഷണയില്ലാത്ത, ഭാവനാശക്തിയില്ലാത്ത, പ്രചോദിതമല്ലാത്ത, സർഗ്ഗാത്മകതയില്ലാത്ത
Examples of unimaginative in a sentence
- Bath salts seemed ordinary, a record or book-token impersonal, a pot-plant unimaginative.
- It was all a bit unimaginative, so I rearranged everything at a jaunty angle.
- He’d rather have a slightly hotdoggy good pilot than an unimaginative tyro, in case of trouble.
Synonyms of unimaginative
Antonyms
Forms of unimaginative
| comparative | more unimaginative |
|---|---|
| superlative | most unimaginative |
Origin of unimaginative
From un- + imaginative.
Words formed from unimaginative
Questions about unimaginative
- What does unimaginative mean?
- Unimaginative means not imaginative.
- What is unimaginative in Urdu?
- Unimaginative in Urdu is بےتخیل. See Unimaginative meaning in Urdu.
- What part of speech is unimaginative?
- Unimaginative is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce unimaginative?
- Unimaginative is pronounced /ˌʌnɪˈmad͡ʒɪnətɪv/ (British).
Words near unimaginative in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: unimaginative (page history and authors); unimaginative (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); unimaginative (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); unimaginative (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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