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Recent Examples of uninventive
But for years, eight or nine of the roughly 10 sketches each week have been expected, uninventive, rote duds.
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Zak Jason, Wired, 21 May 2021
The earnest but uninventive special suffers from a lack of electrifying performances that have defined past ceremonies, with rousing crowd favorites and inspired team-ups between inductees and newer artists.
—Patrick Ryan, USA TODAY, 7 Nov. 2020
Celebrity cameos are generally a safe bet, but Chrissy Teigen and John Legend's commercial for the luxury car brand Genesis reminded us of how uninventive the tactic can be.
—Author: Maura Judkis, Sonia Rao, Anchorage Daily News, 3 Feb. 2020
Celebrity cameos are generally a safe bet, but Chrissy Teigen and John Legend’s commercial for the luxury car brand Genesis reminded us of how uninventive the tactic can be.
—Washington Post, 3 Feb. 2020
Nonetheless, once again, the passing was slow, sloppy and uninventive.
—SI.com, 3 Oct. 2019
Zak Jason, Wired, 21 May 2021
The earnest but uninventive special suffers from a lack of electrifying performances that have defined past ceremonies, with rousing crowd favorites and inspired team-ups between inductees and newer artists.
—Patrick Ryan, USA TODAY, 7 Nov. 2020
Celebrity cameos are generally a safe bet, but Chrissy Teigen and John Legend's commercial for the luxury car brand Genesis reminded us of how uninventive the tactic can be.
—Author: Maura Judkis, Sonia Rao, Anchorage Daily News, 3 Feb. 2020
Celebrity cameos are generally a safe bet, but Chrissy Teigen and John Legend’s commercial for the luxury car brand Genesis reminded us of how uninventive the tactic can be.
—Washington Post, 3 Feb. 2020
Nonetheless, once again, the passing was slow, sloppy and uninventive.
—SI.com, 3 Oct. 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for uninventive
Adjective
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Sometimes, the genre becomes an excuse for amateurish or unimaginative filmmaking.A.A. Dowd, Vulture, 30 July 2024
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At the same time, consumers are pushing back on poor quality and unimaginative fast fashion by thrifting, which has never been more popular.Rebecca Jennings, Vox, 7 Dec. 2018
Adjective
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Closed, communist societies, such as the Soviet Union, had shown themselves to be too uncreative and unproductive to compete economically and militarily with liberal states.Walter Russell Mead, Foreign Affairs, 17 Apr. 2014
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That being said, the chorus is a bit uncreative and repetitive.Preezy Brown, VIBE.com, 22 July 2024
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Good, if often unoriginal design, sold at a competitive price.Alistair Charlton, WIRED, 26 Nov. 2024
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Running Back Najee Harris, PIT Despite the unoriginal play-calling and an offensive line that couldn’t run-block a pack of wild toddlers, Harris rushed for his third straight 1,000-yard season and a career-best eight rushing touchdowns in 2023.Jay Felicio, The Athletic, 23 Aug. 2024
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Giving cash doesn’t have to be awkward Despite popular convention that cash presents are gauche, tacky, or uninspired, Post says the annals of etiquette wisdom permit monetary gifts.Allie Volpe, Vox, 19 Nov. 2024
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The Da Vinci Code (2006) Hanks and Ron Howard’s adaptation of Dan Brown’s blockbuster novel is by-the-numbers and uninspired, but it’s professionally done in a way that’s mostly inoffensive.Tim Grierson, Vulture, 2 Nov. 2024
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