"unimaginative" meaning in English

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          "ref": "1962 October, Brian Haresnape, “Focus on B.R. passenger stations”, in Modern Railways, page 251:",
          "text": "For the first ten years of nationalisation a further note of overall gloom was added by the depressing policy of unimaginative Regional colour schemes, indifferently applied.",
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          "ref": "1979 August, Graham Burtenshaw, Michael S. Welch, “O.V.S. Bulleid's SR loco-hauled coaches - 1”, in Railway World, page 398:",
          "text": "Lighting was unimaginative for the standard stock with naked tungsten filament bulbs and metal reflectors. However, all compartments had individual reading lights above the seats with attractive glass shades.",
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          "ref": "2023 March 8, David Clough, “The long road that led to Beeching”, in RAIL, number 978, page 43:",
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          "english": "that does not have imagination",
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          "roman": "aneffántastos",
          "sense": "not imaginative",
          "word": "ανευφάνταστος"
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          "sense": "not imaginative",
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      "sense": "not imaginative",
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