unoriginal (a)

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type a
lex_filenum 00
def not original
def not being or productive of something fresh and unusual
examples the manuscript contained unoriginal emendations
his life had been unoriginal, conforming completely to the given pattern Gwethalyn Graham
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Also see conventional; secondary; stale; uncreative
Attribute originality
Derivationally related form unoriginal → unoriginality; unoriginal → unoriginality
Antonym unoriginal → original
Similar to banal, commonplace, hackneyed, old-hat, shopworn, stock(a), threadbare, timeworn, tired, trite, well-worn; bromidic, corny, platitudinal, platitudinous; cliched, ready-made; cold, stale, dusty, moth-eaten; slavish
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Also see conventional; uncreative; stale; secondary
Antonym original → unoriginal
Similar to banal, commonplace, hackneyed, old-hat, shopworn, stock(a), threadbare, timeworn, tired, trite, well-worn; bromidic, corny, platitudinal, platitudinous; cliched, ready-made; cold, stale, dusty, moth-eaten; slavish
Derived from adjective unoriginally → unoriginal
Attribute originality
Derivationally related form unoriginality → unoriginal; unoriginality → unoriginal

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