unimaginativeadj.

Brit.

/ˌʌnᵻˈmadʒᵻnətɪv/,

/ˌʌnᵻˈmadʒn̩ətɪv/, U.S.

/ˌənᵻˈmædʒ(ə)nədɪv/

(un- prefix¹ 1) Also absol.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > faculty of imagination > lack of imagination > [adjective]

positive1594

literal1633

unprojecting1647

pounds, shillings, and pence?1650

matter of fact1712

unvisionary1794

unimaginative1814

literalist1838

literal-mindeda1849

visionless1856

realistic1862

terre-à-terre1888

pragmatical1896

illusionless1897

cookie cutter1922

down to earth1922

1814 W. Wordsworth Excursion ii. 52 Many a ramble,..through the tamer ground Of these our unimaginative days.

1831 W. Scott Count Robert vi, in Tales of my Landlord 4th Ser. II. 143 Nor shall Anna Comnena, the soul of wit and genius, be chained to such an unimaginative log as yonder half barbarian.

1898 Fortn. Rev. 64 300 To the un~imaginative, all imaginative work must inevitably present a closed door.

Derivatives

uniˈmaginatively adv.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > faculty of imagination > lack of imagination > [adverb]

matter-of-factly1873

unimaginatively1883

myopically1982

1883 Cornhill Mag. Apr. 456 The Roman, more unimaginatively, held to the bare fact of change.

uniˈmaginativeness n.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > faculty of imagination > lack of imagination > [noun]

literalism1644

matter-of-factism1845

unimaginativeness1850

1850 N. Brit. Rev. 12 320 Not contented with such a stretch of unimaginativeness.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1924; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	unimaginative
释义	unimaginativeadj. Brit. /ˌʌnᵻˈmadʒᵻnətɪv/, /ˌʌnᵻˈmadʒn̩ətɪv/, U.S. /ˌənᵻˈmædʒ(ə)nədɪv/ (un- prefix¹ 1) Also absol. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > faculty of imagination > lack of imagination > [adjective] positive1594 literal1633 unprojecting1647 pounds, shillings, and pence?1650 matter of fact1712 unvisionary1794 unimaginative1814 literalist1838 literal-mindeda1849 visionless1856 realistic1862 terre-à-terre1888 pragmatical1896 illusionless1897 cookie cutter1922 down to earth1922 1814 W. Wordsworth Excursion ii. 52 Many a ramble,..through the tamer ground Of these our unimaginative days. 1831 W. Scott Count Robert vi, in Tales of my Landlord 4th Ser. II. 143 Nor shall Anna Comnena, the soul of wit and genius, be chained to such an unimaginative log as yonder half barbarian. 1898 Fortn. Rev. 64 300 To the un~imaginative, all imaginative work must inevitably present a closed door. Derivatives uniˈmaginatively adv. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > faculty of imagination > lack of imagination > [adverb] matter-of-factly1873 unimaginatively1883 myopically1982 1883 Cornhill Mag. Apr. 456 The Roman, more unimaginatively, held to the bare fact of change. uniˈmaginativeness n. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > faculty of imagination > lack of imagination > [noun] literalism1644 matter-of-factism1845 unimaginativeness1850 1850 N. Brit. Rev. 12 320 Not contented with such a stretch of unimaginativeness. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1924; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < adj.1814
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