unimaginatively

/ənɪˈmæˌdʒɪnətɪvli/ adv

Done in an unimaginative manner; not creatively.

Word Origin From Latin 'imago' (image) — imagination is the faculty of forming images. 'Unimaginative' means lacking that faculty, and 'unimaginatively' is doing something without imagination. The PIE root *aim- meant 'copy', so imagination is copying mental images. Related words: 'imitation', 'imagery'. So unimaginatively is literally 'without image-making'.

adv Done in an unimaginative manner; not creatively.

She solved the problem unimaginatively, using the same old method without any innovation.

(副词) 缺乏想象力地;死板地;墨守成规地

她缺乏想象力地解决了问题,使用了毫无创新的老方法。

(adverbio) sin imaginación; sin creatividad; poco imaginativamente [Hecho de manera poco imaginativa; sin creatividad.]

Resolvió el problema sin imaginación, usando el mismo método de siempre sin innovación alguna.

(adverbe) sans imagination; banalement; platement; sans originalité [D'une manière dépourvue d'imagination ou de créativité.]

Elle a résolu le problème **unimaginatively**, en utilisant la même vieille méthode sans aucune innovation.

(Adverb) phantasielos; einfallslos; unoriginell [Auf eine Weise, die keine Kreativität oder Originalität zeigt; phantasielos.]

Sie löste das Problem **unimaginatively**, indem sie die altbekannte Methode ohne jede Innovation anwandte.

(副詞) 想像力のないやり方で;独創性なく行われるさま。

彼女は革新性のない従来と同じ方法でその問題を解き、独創性を示さなかった。

(advérbio) sem imaginação; sem criatividade; sem originalidade [Feito de maneira sem imaginação; sem criatividade.]

Ela resolveu o problema sem imaginação, usando o mesmo método antigo sem qualquer inovação.

Word parts: un + imagin + ative + ly

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