Ingenious and Uninventive

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Ingenious adjective - Having the skill and imagination to create new things.

Usage example: an ingenious but rather eccentric inventor

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Uninventive is an antonym for ingenious in topics: creative, clever.

Nearby Words: ingenuity, ingeniously

Uninventive adjective - Deficient in originality or creativity; lacking powers of invention.

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Ingenious is an antonym for uninventive.

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