uncreative
Meaningnot creating
Common meaning: lacking new ideas
- unnot; reverse of
- creto bring into being, to produceLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 480 · scan
- ativeadjective ending: tending to
‘not’ + ‘to bring into being, to produce’ → uncreative
Sources & notes
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
- UK IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.
- US IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.
Origin: Built on Latin creō ‘to bring into being, to produce’.
Roots
- creō, creāre Latin “to bring into being, to produce”
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