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Meanings of want of imagination in English

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Usage of want of imagination in English
1
He found refuge in suicide, as many do, from want of imagination.
Endymion
2
To have frequent recourse to narrative betrays great want of imagination.
Letters to His Son, 1748 / On the Fine Art of Becoming a Man of ...
3
Conservatism, I believe, is mainly due to want of imagination.
Post-Prandial Philosophy
4
Not necessarily-butit's a want of imagination to fancy it's all he owes her.
The Custom of the Country
5
Yet, who can attribute this to want of imagination?
Miscellaneous Writings and Speeches — Volume 2
6
I think it is want of imagination- Imeanthe power of seeing things as they are.
Red Pottage
7
It was this combination- wantof self-controland want of imagination-whichprevented him from being a thinker.
Margot Asquith, an Autobiography - Two Volumes in One
8
It is want of affection, and want of imagination, that shipwrecks so many of our prayers.
Bunyan Characters (1st Series)
9
Shall I say a want of imagination.
Round the Red Lamp: Being Facts and Fancies of Medical Life
10
This is unartistic on my part, and shows want of imagination as well as want of skill.
Doctor Thorne
11
Yes, yes, it is want of imagination that makes people fools; they won't believe what they can't understand.
Allan's Wife
12
His errors were the result of want of patience and want of imagination, and he paid the penalty for them.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 05, No. 29, March, 1860 / A Magazin...
13
His egotism, coupled with his want of imagination, nearly blinded him to everything but the pecuniary feature of the business.
Foul Play
14
Indirectly their want of imagination betrays itself in their every-day sayings and doings, and more directly in every branch of thought.
The Soul of the Far East
15
However, while his high standards are consistent, so too is Hicks's want of imagination and the essentially anachronistic character of his designs.
The Irish Times
16
An appearance of unreality also arises at times (again principally in the earlier speeches) from a certain want of imagination.
The Public Orations of Demosthenes, volume 1
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