How happened it that the American manufacturer did not pursue the same uninventive course?

But to-night mischief itself was quiet and uninventive.

Lem Perry, the leader of the claque, had a somewhat set speech, being uninventive in the construction of new phrases.

It is dilatory because it has no sense of coming things, it is uninventive and wasteful, it does not create, it takes advantage.

In peace and war alike the unimaginative, uninventive man is a burthen and a retardation, as he never was before in the world's history.

"Behold the end, O most uninventive and slow-witted Chang-ch'un!" he cried in a dreadful and awe-compelling voice.

"Have already thrice been narrated within Wu-whei by the versatile but exceedingly uninventive Kai Lung," remarked Wang Yu placidly.