uncreative

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Recent Examples of uncreative If a business has been operating with loose controls and has been allowing creativity to be deployed against uncreative things, then stop. Megan Poinski, Forbes, 10 Mar. 2025 Like, for instance, this film is made using a very primitive and uncreative mise en scene. Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019 Closed, communist societies, such as the Soviet Union, had shown themselves to be too uncreative and unproductive to compete economically and militarily with liberal states. Walter Russell Mead, Foreign Affairs, 17 Apr. 2014 That being said, the chorus is a bit uncreative and repetitive. Preezy Brown, VIBE.com, 22 July 2024 Upgraded felt stale, generic, and uncreative, and as a Brazilian-Colombian critic, that hurts. Want more? Nicole Froio, refinery29.com, 11 Feb. 2024 Despite the ample evidence that A.I. could pose a threat to a handful of repetitive, uncreative roles, most workers aren’t shaken up—yet. Jane Thier, Fortune, 12 Sep. 2023 While this approach is exactly what has made TikTok such a success, Threads can choose an unfortunate, uncreative mix of posts. Heather Kelly, Washington Post, 13 July 2023 His style was a relatively uncreative, but decidedly popular mix of not-quite-rapping and not-quite-singing. Joshua Medintz, The Enquirer, 5 July 2023
Recent Examples of Synonyms for uncreative
Adjective
  • The world of streetwear, expensive sneakers and sweatshirts is an unimaginative and dreary place.
    Jean E. Palmieri, Footwear News, 19 May 2025
  • These answers are admittedly unimaginative, as neither of these guys were linked to the Panthers.
    Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 24 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • Which brings us back to the outcry mentioned up top, and the rather unoriginal mention of the old as economics truth that there’s no free lunch.
    John Tamny, Forbes.com, 18 July 2025
  • Meta said unoriginal content is when images or videos are reused without crediting the original creator.
    Zach Vallese, CNBC, 14 July 2025
Adjective
  • Among Spoelstra’s comments in Las Vegas were an expectation of more from Ware, with Spoelstra speaking in the wake of an uninspired start by the 7-footer in summer league.
    Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 14 July 2025
  • The dialogue is uninspired (occasionally downright trite) and the characters aren't well developed, most notably Kingsley's weak-willed amoral scientist and Whitaker's reluctant empath—both exceptionally gifted actors who are largely wasted here.
    ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 13 July 2025
Adjective
  • But for years, eight or nine of the roughly 10 sketches each week have been expected, uninventive, rote duds.
    Zak Jason, Wired, 21 May 2021
  • The earnest but uninventive special suffers from a lack of electrifying performances that have defined past ceremonies, with rousing crowd favorites and inspired team-ups between inductees and newer artists.
    Patrick Ryan, USA TODAY, 7 Nov. 2020

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“Uncreative.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/uncreative. Accessed 30 Jul. 2025.

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