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unimaginative

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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++un·i·ma·gin·a·tive /ˌʌnɪˈmædʒənətɪv◂/ adjective  1. IMAGINE#lacking the ability to think of new or unusual ideas 缺乏想象力的2 ORDINARYordinary and boring, and not using any new ideas 平淡的,无趣的,无新意的,无创见的 unimaginative architecture 缺乏创意的建筑 unimaginative housing policies 毫无新意的住房政策
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unimaginativeThat means the traditional office layout of lined-up cubicles and work stations is seen as rigid and unimaginative.The approach is as persistent and tenacious as it is conventional and unimaginative.The process of disposal once a hospital is redundant can be frustratingly slow and unimaginative.Deaf workers find their careers blocked by unimaginative employers.I know as much about my condition as that overworked, unimaginative general practitioner does.He's so slow, so unimaginative, so lifeless.unimaginative social reformIt is detailed, concrete and enables even the most unimaginative writer to eliminate gross bias without gross inelegance.
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unimaginative
unimaginative /ˌʌnɪˈmædʒənətɪv◂, ˌʌnɪˈmædʒɪnətɪv◂/ adjective1. lacking the ability to think of new or unusual ideas
2. ordinary and boring, and not using any new ideas:
    unimaginative architecture
    unimaginative housing policies


un·imagina·tiveBrE /ˌʌnɪˈmædʒɪnətɪv/ 🔊NAmE /ˌʌnɪˈmædʒɪnətɪv/ 🔊 adjectivelacking in original or new ideas 无创意的;缺乏想象力的 SYN dull an unimaginative solution to a problem毫无创意的解决方法a boring unimaginative man一个乏味、没有想象力的男人 OPP imaginative