uninventively
In derivative fashion
In a manner lacking originality or creativity.
Someone who approaches a problem uninventively relies on familiar solutions rather than fresh thinking: The committee uninventively proposed the same reforms that had failed before.
The word describes doing something without imagination or novel insight.
In an uninteresting manner
- tediouslyIn a wearisome way
- lifelesslyWithout signs of vitality
- flatlyWithout expression or qualification
- blandlyWithout distinctive character
drably · drearily · colorlessly · insipidly · vapidly · prosaically · stodgily · woodenly
In unvarying repetition
- redundantlyIn an excessive manner
- reiterativelyIn a repeating fashion
- repetitiouslyIn a tediously recurring manner
- tiresomelyIn an exhausting manner
unvaryingly · uniformly · unchangingly · mechanically · robotically · automatically · routinely · habitually
In accepted manner
- expectedlyAs was foreseen
- obviouslyIn an apparent manner
- routinelyAs standard practice
- typicallyIn the usual manner
ordinarily · standardly · normally · commonly · stereotypically · formulaically · hackneyed · unsurprisingly
Without creative newness
- imitativelyIn copying fashion
- copycatOne who mimics another
- secondhandHaving had prior ownership
- formulaicallyIn a fixed pattern
by-the-book · paint-by-numbers · cookie-cutter · boilerplate · stock · off-the-shelf · templated · prefabricated
boringly
In an uninteresting manner
- tediouslyIn a wearisome way
- lifelesslyWithout signs of vitality
- flatlyWithout expression or qualification
blandly · drably · drearily · colorlessly · insipidly · vapidly · prosaically · stodgily · woodenly · mechanically
monotonously
In unvarying repetition
- redundantlyIn an excessive manner
- reiterativelyIn a repeating fashion
- repetitiouslyIn a tediously recurring manner
tiresomely · unvaryingly · uniformly · unchangingly · mechanically · robotically · automatically · routinely · habitually · rote
conventionally
In accepted manner
- expectedlyAs was foreseen
- obviouslyIn an apparent manner
- routinelyAs standard practice
typically · ordinarily · standardly · normally · commonly · stereotypically · formulaically · hackneyed · unsurprisingly · safely
unoriginally
Without creative newness
- imitativelyIn copying fashion
- copycatOne who mimics another
- secondhandHaving had prior ownership
formulaically · by-the-book · paint-by-numbers · cookie-cutter · boilerplate · stock · off-the-shelf · templated · prefabricated · recycled
uninventivelyinventively
With creative novelty
creatively · imaginatively · originally · innovatively · ingeniously