Thinking and knowing

Synonyms for unimaginative

One audited sense, one true synonym, and three words that come close enough to cost you the rung.

Tier 4, High Camp · 1 sense · adjective

The senseadjectiveTier 4, High CampThinking and knowing

lacking spontaneity or originality or individuality

Even his profanity was unimaginative.

The sentence the app shows, and the only thing that settles which meaning is meant.

The true synonym

stereotypical

Same sentence, swapped: Even his profanity was stereotypical.

Close but different

These are the other three tiles the game puts on screen for this sense. Each one is a real word with a real meaning, and none of them is a synonym for unimaginative as it is used in the sentence above.

earthbound
ascetic
insipid

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Closest first: other thinking and knowing words at High Camp, then the same tier across the rest of the library.

awarenessnounsentiencestate of elementary or undifferentiated consciousnessHigh Camp bemusedadjectivelostdeeply absorbed in thoughtHigh Camp compareverbequateconsider or describe as similar, equal, or analogousHigh CampHas a reason line darkadjectivebenightedlacking enlightenment or knowledge or cultureHigh CampHas a reason line fundamentaladjectiveprofoundfar-reaching and thoroughgoing in effect especially on the nature of somethingTreeline2 sensesHas a reason line geniusnounwondersomeone who has exceptional intellectual ability and originalityFoothills2 sensesHas a reason line ghostnountoucha suggestion of some qualityFoothills2 sensesHas a reason line unreliableadjectiveundependablenot worthy of reliance or trustHigh CampHas a reason line

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