unoriginal
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un·o·rig·i·nal
(ŭn′ə-rĭj′ə-nəl)adj.
Lacking originality; trite.
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unoriginal
(ˌʌnəˈrɪdʒɪnəl)adj
not fresh and unusual
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Adj. | 1. | unoriginal - not original; not being or productive of something fresh and unusual; "the manuscript contained unoriginal emendations"; "his life had been unoriginal, conforming completely to the given pattern"- Gwethalyn Graham conventional - following accepted customs and proprieties; "conventional wisdom"; "she had strayed from the path of conventional behavior"; "conventional forms of address" uncreative - not creative; "an uncreative imagination" stale - lacking freshness, palatability, or showing deterioration from age; "stale bread"; "the beer was stale" secondary - being of second rank or importance or value; not direct or immediate; "the stone will be hauled to a secondary crusher"; "a secondary source"; "a secondary issue"; "secondary streams" original - being or productive of something fresh and unusual; or being as first made or thought of; "a truly original approach"; "with original music"; "an original mind" |
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unoriginal
adjectiveLacking originality:
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unoriginal
adj → wenig originell
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