Synonyms for uninventive
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : in-ven-tiv |
| Phonetic Transcription : ɪnˈvɛn tɪv |
Top 10 synonyms for uninventive Other synonyms for the word uninventive
Définition of uninventive
Origin :- early 15c., "skilled in invention," from Old French inventif (15c.), from Latin invent-, past participle stem of invenire (see invention). Related: Inventively; inventiveness.
- adj sterile
- If so, God must have had a curious taste and an uninventive mind.
- Extract from : « Bible Studies » by Joseph M. Wheeler
- Behold the end, O most uninventive and slow-witted Chang-ch'un!
- Extract from : « The Wallet of Kai Lung » by Ernest Bramah
- No indolent, unaspiring, uninventive, docile people could survive in the Rockies.
- Extract from : « Introducing the American Spirit » by Edward A. Steiner
- Slavery had cursed the South with ignorant, unskilled, uninventive labor.
- Extract from : « Appletons' Popular Science Monthly, June 1899 » by Various
- By inventing methods and devising schemes and improvising plans that an uninventive man would not have thought of.
- Extract from : « Invention » by Bradley A. Fiske
- O thou valid substance of Metals, how great is thy power, how uninventive is thy virtue, how durable is thy constancy?
- Extract from : « Of Natural and Supernatural Things » by Basilius Valentinus
- If he thought, he would instantly go wrong; it is only the clumsy and uninventive artist who thinks.
- Extract from : « Modern Painters, Volume IV (of V) » by John Ruskin
- It is dilatory because it has no sense of coming things, it is uninventive and wasteful, it does not create, it takes advantage.
- Extract from : « What is Coming? » by H. G. Wells
- The Bambute are very musical, though they are uninventive as regards instruments.
- Extract from : « Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 » by Various
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