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Meaning of "unimaginativeness" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

PRONUNCIATION OF UNIMAGINATIVENESS

ˌʌnɪˈmædʒnətɪvnɪs


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF UNIMAGINATIVENESS

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Unimaginativeness is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES UNIMAGINATIVENESS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

There are known knowns

"There are known knowns" is a phrase from a response United States Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld gave to a question at a US Department of Defense News Briefing in February 2002 about the lack of evidence linking the government of Iraq with the supply of weapons of mass destruction to terrorist groups. Rumsfeld stated: Reports that say there's -- that something hasn't happened are always interesting to me, because as we know, there are known knowns; there are things that we know that we know. We also know there are known unknowns; that is to say we know there are some things we do not know. But there are also unknown unknowns, the ones we don't know we don't know. The statement became the subject of much commentary and derision.

Definition of unimaginativeness in the English dictionary

The definition of unimaginativeness in the dictionary is the quality of being unimaginative.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH UNIMAGINATIVENESS

assertiveness · attentiveness · attractiveness · combativeness · communicativeness · competitiveness · cost-effectiveness · destructiveness · distinctiveness · effectiveness · imaginativeness · inquisitiveness · lucrativeness · protectiveness · receptiveness · representativeness · secretiveness · talkativeness · vindictiveness · vitativeness

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE UNIMAGINATIVENESS

unimaginable · unimaginably · unimaginative · unimaginatively · unimagined · Unimak Island · unimbued · unimmortal · unimmunised · unimmunized · unimolecular · unimpaired · unimparted · unimpassioned · unimpeachability · unimpeachable · unimpeachableness · unimpeachably · unimpeached · unimpeded

WORDS THAT END LIKE UNIMAGINATIVENESS

activeness · adhesiveness · aggressiveness · appropriateness · awareness · awesomeness · brand awareness · business · closeness · completeness · cuteness · defensiveness · doneness · hoarseness · likeness · oneness · responsiveness · self-awareness · soreness · uniqueness · whiteness

Synonyms and antonyms of unimaginativeness in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «unimaginativeness» into 25 languages

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The translations of unimaginativeness from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «unimaginativeness» in English.
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unimaginativeness
1,325 millions of speakers
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falta de imaginación
570 millions of speakers
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unimaginativeness
510 millions of speakers
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unimaginativeness
380 millions of speakers
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unimaginativeness
280 millions of speakers
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unimaginativeness
278 millions of speakers
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unimaginativeness
270 millions of speakers
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unimaginativeness
260 millions of speakers
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unimaginativeness
220 millions of speakers
ms

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Ketidaksamaan
190 millions of speakers
de

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Einfallslosigkeit
180 millions of speakers
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unimaginativeness
130 millions of speakers
ko

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unimaginativeness
85 millions of speakers
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Unimaginativeness
85 millions of speakers
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unimaginativeness
80 millions of speakers
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unimaginativeness
75 millions of speakers
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अस्पष्टता
75 millions of speakers
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unimaginativeness
70 millions of speakers
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unimaginativeness
65 millions of speakers
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unimaginativeness
50 millions of speakers
uk

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unimaginativeness
40 millions of speakers
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unimaginativeness
30 millions of speakers
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unimaginativeness
15 millions of speakers
af

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unimaginativeness
14 millions of speakers
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unimaginativeness
10 millions of speakers
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unimaginativeness
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of unimaginativeness

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «UNIMAGINATIVENESS»

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about unimaginativeness

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «UNIMAGINATIVENESS»

Discover the use of unimaginativeness in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to unimaginativeness and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The British Critic and Quarterly Theological Review
unimaginativeness. And if we add to what We have said of Aristotle, that philosopher's unwillingness to believe the existence of any heavenly pattern after which earthly things were made, we shall see in the three instances given, that the ...
‎1842
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Psychiatric claims in workers' compensation and civil litigation
The principle cognitive traits of this individual are unimaginativeness and constriction. Just as this person has controlled and constricted action patterns, so too the thinking is controlled and constricted. This individual is not creative and is not ...
Aspen Publishers, Herbert Lasky, Chamberlin, 1993
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A Woman of Genius
I'm going back on the stage so soon;" the implication of my tone must have got through even Tommy's unimaginativeness; he said the only bitter thing that I ever heard from him. "Well, if you hadn't gone on the stage in the first place it probably  ...
Mary Hunter Austin, 1985
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Biological Principles: A Critical Study
Such an attitude bespeaks an unimaginativeness, a mental obtuseness and obstinacy, which might be expected to have exhausted their pragmatic justification at a lower plane of mental activity. ' Although it will probably be fairly easy to give ...
J.H. Woodger, 2014
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The Age of Innocence: Revised Edition of Original Version
... of her own; butin reality, while Mrs.Archer's serene unimaginativeness rested easilyintheaccepted and familiar, Janey was subject tostarts and aberrationsof fancy wellingupfrom springs of suppressed romance. Mother and daughteradored ...
Edith Wharton, 2014
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Johnson Re-Visioned: Looking Before and After
Instead, by way of determining the critical value of Lockean epistemology as a basis for criticism, Hagstrum quotes Coleridge on the unimaginativeness of Aristotle (6) and on the godlike powers of the human faculties (7), and then sums up as ...
Philip Smallwood, 2009
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Kaye's and Malleson's History of the Indian Mutiny of 1857-8
"With the characteristic unimaginativeness of his race he could not for a moment divest himself of his individuality, or conceive the growth of ancestral pride and national honour in other breasts than than those of the Campbells and the ...
John Kaye, George Bruce Malleson, 2010
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The Autonomous Image: Cinematic Narration and Humanism
The norm of Pasqualino's life is unimaginativeness. Without imagination he therefore acts on mere survival instinct. This instinct that drives him to the very end of the story is best articulated in the anecdote the commandant tells him after he ...
A. J. Prats
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The Decline of the Intellectual
... "de- potentiated," deprived of ambition, creativity, and with neutralized inner stimulation. Perhaps they would not be more destructive than the juvenile delinquents roaming our streets, but the very unimaginativeness and sullen nihilism of the ...
Thomas Molnar, 1994
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Theology and Bioethics: Exploring the Foundations and Frontiers
Second, it seems to me that on this issue, the unimaginativeness of some halakhicly-orienied biomedical writing reaches astonishing proportions. It is fully understandable that writers and thinkers oriented to the tradition would be reluctant to ...
E.E. Shelp, 1985

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «UNIMAGINATIVENESS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term unimaginativeness is used in the context of the following news items.
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Creative fair attracts local makers
... created their own videogame studio out of their love for videogames and their collective frustration at the unimaginativeness of some the choices available. «Valley morning Star, Aug 15»
2
Crimes against Architecture
The city's planning, or lack of, is a masterstroke of unimaginativeness, building thoughtless structures and shunning the local historic references; steadily ... «Georgia Today, Jul 15»
3
Islam: the 'Open Civilisation' confounds closed minds
... hypothesis about the decline of the Muslim world and his claim about the unimaginativeness of the Muslim empires during the age of European discovery. «The Conversation AU, Jul 15»
4
Strunk and Whites Macho Grammar Club
cheap, monochromatic covers relieved, in the Harcourt editions, by the colophon—set dead center, in a masterstroke of unimaginativeness. If we overthink ... «Daily Beast, Jul 15»
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Review: Adam Lambert, 'The Original High'
He came in second, losing to the vocal rice cake Kris Allen in what felt like a referendum on the unimaginativeness of the American reality-contest voting public. «gulfnews.com, Jun 15»
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Review: Adam Lambert Tones Down Excess on 'The Original High'
He came in second, losing to the vocal rice cake Kris Allen, in what felt like a referendum on the unimaginativeness of the American reality-contest voting public. «New York Times, Jun 15»
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Post-Baltimore, America Is Heading Blackwards
cheap, monochromatic covers relieved, in the Harcourt editions, by the colophon—set dead center, in a masterstroke of unimaginativeness. If we overthink ... «Daily Beast, May 15»
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There is hope of compromise if Israelis and Palestinians can lose …
... expected any better of him, at least to quit their trenches momentarily, but it too will be wasted if it is marked by the unimaginativeness of dogma on either side. «The Independent, Apr 15»
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"Uptown Funk" is the throwback jam we need
It ventures beyond the safety (read: unimaginativeness) of sticking to the tried-and-true pop formula and draws on a genre infrequently heard on the radio. «Diamondback Online, Jan 15»
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ITV's brash breakfast show jangles into our morning routine
The limitations of the Daybreak aesthetic are made all too clear by the new ITV breakfast offering at weekends, titled (with rather giveaway unimaginativeness) ... «The Conversation, May 14»
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