unimaginative

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This ceremony was an appeal to the unimaginative, the sluggish, the faint-hearted.

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  1. Not imaginative; lacking or not characterized by imagination; prosaic.

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  • The Israelis are spellbound by visionless, unimaginative, unreflective leaders, impetuously outdoing each other in demonstrating their willingness to use massive lethal force against the enemy in time for the upcoming elections. —  Palestine Chronicle - Headlines
  • Ehrman proves the dictum that old fundamentalists never die; they just exchange fundamentals and continue in their unimaginative, closed-minded rigidity and simplicity. —  Between Two Worlds
  • The dictionary describes a person who is myopic as "unimaginative, uncreative, unadventurous, narrow-minded, small-minded, short-term, shortsighted". —  Inside Music Media
  • 'Israelis are spellbound by visionless, unimaginative, unreflective leaders.' —  Palestine Chronicle - Headlines
  • Some uncharitable types might say that it's because the authors who've written for the Star Wars spin-offs are unimaginative, but I think it's actually down to the nature of the universe they're writing for. —  Comics Should Be Good! @ Comic Book Resources
 

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