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- [kree-ey-tiv]
- /kriˈeɪ tɪv/
- /ˌʌnkri(ː)ˈeɪtɪv /
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- US Pronunciation
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- [kree-ey-tiv]
- /kriˈeɪ tɪv/
Definitions of uncreative word
- adjective uncreative having the quality or power of creating. 1
- adjective uncreative resulting from originality of thought, expression, etc.; imaginative: creative writing. 1
- adjective uncreative originative; productive (usually followed by of). 1
- adjective uncreative Facetious. using or creating exaggerated or skewed data, information, etc.: creative bookkeeping. 1
- adjective uncreative lacking imagination 0
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Origin of uncreative
First appearance:
before 1670 One of the 47% oldest English words
First recorded in 1670-80; create + -ive
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Parts of speech for Uncreative
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
uncreative popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 97% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
According to our data about 64% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.
uncreative usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for uncreative
adj uncreative
- cliched — If you describe something as clichéd, you mean that it has been said, done, or used many times before, and is boring or untrue.
- conservative — A Conservative politician or voter is a member of or votes for the Conservative Party in Britain.
- die hard — If you say that habits or attitudes die hard, you mean that they take a very long time to disappear or change, so that it may not be possible to get rid of them completely.
- dull as dishwater — water in which dishes are, or have been, washed.
- germfree — free of germs; sterile: This kind of research should be done in a germfree laboratory.
adjective uncreative
- decontaminated — Simple past tense and past participle of decontaminate.
- disinfected — to cleanse (rooms, wounds, clothing, etc.) of infection; destroy disease germs in.
- fallow — pale-yellow; light-brown; dun.
- fogyish — Characteristic of a fogy.
- yawner — a person who yawns.
Antonyms for uncreative
adj uncreative
- all there — having his or her wits about him or her; of normal intelligence
- artistic — Someone who is artistic is good at drawing or painting, or arranging things in a beautiful way.
- avantgarde — the advance group in any field, especially in the visual, literary, or musical arts, whose works are characterized chiefly by unorthodox and experimental methods.
- blue sky — fanciful; impractical: blue-sky ideas.
- blue-sky — of or denoting theoretical research without regard to any future application of its result
adjective uncreative
- originative — having or characterized by the power of originating; creative.
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