Is there a word or phrase for "created by someone with poor imagination"?
(Preferably not very offensive. "Think big" is not offensive, so maybe this doesn't need to be offensive either)
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Friendly warning: Single word requests are best with a sample sentence, and you can avoid down/close votes by having one. Eg "The toy was great, but the packaging was created by someone with poor imagination.– PamCommented Nov 30, 2018 at 8:29
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2(Frustratingly) unsophisticated/unimaginative?– Alex_anderCommented Nov 30, 2018 at 9:01
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2@Alex_ander I agree with "unimaginative" but would also suggest "uninspired" as a possibility.– BoldBenCommented Nov 30, 2018 at 10:45
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1@BoldBen should have been an answer.– MWBCommented Dec 1, 2018 at 5:37
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1@MaxB Thanks fot the vote of confidence, I just couldn't see how to turn it into a proper, full, answer or to recognise Alexander's suggestion properly in an answer.– BoldBenCommented Dec 2, 2018 at 13:26
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Try underwhelming. From the Cambridge Dictionary:
not causing someone to feel any excitement or admiration:
The food was good but unfortunately we found the rest of the experience distinctly underwhelming.
A common adjective used currently would be generic.
From Merriam Webster - generic:
C. having no particularly distinctive quality or application.
Perhaps more pointedly, from Urban Dictionary, generic:
To be so basic you can't even be basic anymore you become generic.
