Ingenious
Antonyms of INGENIOUS
- open, infertile, Thick-headed, untalented, unimaginative, foolish, uninspired, bungling, impractical, uncreative, clumsy, senseless, stodgy, cookie-cutter, assembly line, witless, awkward, inept, idiotic, stupid, dumb, pedestrian, unresourceful, slow, derivative, useless, unproductive, hackneyed, ignorant, honest, pedantic, uninventive, canned, incompetent, unoriginal, maladroit, dull, imitative.
Examples of usage:
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I so far agree with That most ingenious Gentleman, that Mr. Dryden's is, in many Parts, a noble, and spirited Translation; and yet I cannot, upon the Whole, think it a good one; at least, for Mr. Dryden. "The Preface to the Aeneis of Virgil (1718)" by Joseph Trapp
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" An ingenious attempt to shift the guilt; but it will not serve. "The Thin Red Line; and Blue Blood" by Arthur Griffiths
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Doubtless it was a very ingenious scheme, and perhaps it is unfortunate that the case never came to trial, for it involved some interesting legal points. "Haste and Waste" by Oliver Optic
