undercreative

English

Etymology

From under- +‎ creative.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

undercreative (comparative more undercreative, superlative most undercreative)

1. Insufficiently creative.

   Antonym: overcreative

   Near-synonym: uncreative

   • 1973, W. Lambert Gardiner, An Invitation to Cognitive Psychology, Monterey, C.A.: Brooks/Cole Publishing Company, →ISBN, page 130:

     Overmotivated people tend to persist with the obvious plan. Thus they tend to do well with simple problems but badly with difficult problems. Undercreative people also tend to persist with the obvious plan. Creative people have the flexibility to generate many plans and the persistence to test them all.