"underinventiveness" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: underinventivenesses [plural]
Etymology: From underinventive + -ness or under- + inventiveness. Etymology templates: {{af|en|underinventive|-ness}} underinventive + -ness, {{af|en|under-|inventiveness}} under- + inventiveness Head templates: {{en-noun}} underinventiveness (plural underinventivenesses)
  1. The fact of being underinventive; insufficient inventiveness.
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