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Meanings of uninventive in inglês

Deficient in originality or creativity; lacking powers of invention.

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Usage of uninventive in inglês
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How happened it that the American manufacturer did not pursue the same uninventive course?
Scientific American, Volume 40, No. 13, March 29, 1879 / A Weekl...
2
But to-night mischief itself was quiet and uninventive.
The Grey Cloak
3
Lem Perry, the leader of the claque, had a somewhat set speech, being uninventive in the construction of new phrases.
Roads of Destiny
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It is dilatory because it has no sense of coming things, it is uninventive and wasteful, it does not create, it takes advantage.
What is Coming? A Forecast of Things after the War
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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.
An Englishman Looks at the World / Being a Series of Unrestraine...
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"Behold the end, O most uninventive and slow-witted Chang-ch'un!" he cried in a dreadful and awe-compelling voice.
The Wallet of Kai Lung
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"Have already thrice been narrated within Wu-whei by the versatile but exceedingly uninventive Kai Lung," remarked Wang Yu placidly.
The Wallet of Kai Lung
Uninventive through the time