Clever
Clever adjective - Showing a noteworthy use of the imagination and creativity especially in inventing.
Usage example: an inventor who was constantly coming up with clever devices for doing everyday chores
Nearby Words: cleverness, cleverly
Unimaginative
Unimaginative adjective - Deficient in originality or creativity; lacking powers of invention.
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Synonyms for Unimaginative
Clever is an antonym for unimaginative.
Both words in one sentence
- Jack: For all that pirates are clever cobs, we are an unimaginative lot when it comes to naming things.
Source: Descriptiveville - In the third, the meeting of the Pirate Lords takes place in the town of Shipwreck, within Shipwreck Cove, on Shipwreck Isle... "You know, for all that pirates are clever clogs, we are a terribly unimaginative lot when it comes to naming things."
Source: Derelict Graveyard
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