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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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Adj.1.unoriginal - not originalunoriginal - 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

adjective
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Translations

unoriginal

[ˈʌnəˈrɪdʒɪnəl] ADJpoco original
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unoriginal

adjwenig originell
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unoriginal

[ˌʌnəˈrɪdʒɪnl] adjpoco originale, privo/a di originalità
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References in classic literature ?
It was so cleverly stupid and unoriginal, and also so convincing, that the leaders cannot help but regard him as safe and sure, while his platitudes are so much like the platitudes of the average voter that - oh, well, you know you flatter any man by dressing up his own thoughts for him and presenting them to him."
However, pages posting unoriginal or repurposed video content are going to be penalized through limited access to visibility and monetization.
However, pages posting unoriginal or repurposedvideo content are going to be penalized through limited access to visibility and monetization.
KARACHI -- The Turnitin software checks for potentially unoriginal content by comparing submitted papers to several databases using a proprietary algorithm.
Variously panned for being unoriginal and repetitive, Rauf is on the receiving end of flak all over again, for his next film, titled 'Chhalawa'.
Coming back to the song, the tune's got some unoriginal lyrics in English, Urdu and Punjabi that are all over the place.
Aside from being unoriginal, this is disappointing behaviour by someone who would claim to care about empowering young women.
It echoes DMC's sword and gunplay combos without feeling unoriginal, and shotguns are joined by revolvers in the Motorhead-themed expansion.
It even echoes DMC's combination of sword and gunplay without feeling unoriginal, and shotguns are joined by revolvers in the Motorhead-themed expansion included in this edition.
Gameplay takes a similarly unoriginal path - your mythological animal/human character the Mooseman slips between planes of existence to bypass obstacles or alter the environment, like the static log daubed with a ghostly snake that creeps along to form a bridge when visited in the Lower World.
My wedding dress was not only unoriginal but was also probably made in a sweatshop.
In the comment, Jeffree allegedly lambasted Michelle and called her 'pathetic' and 'boring unoriginal' for supposedly stealing his series.