unoriginal (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the word *unoriginal*:
ADJECTIVE	all	unoriginal	not original

English > *unoriginal*: 1 sense > adjective 1
Meaning	not original; 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
Attribute of	originality	The quality of being new and original (not derived from something else)
Narrower	banal, commonplace, hackneyed, old-hat, shopworn, stock, threadbare, timeworn, tired, trite, well-worn	repeated / repeated too often
	bromidic, corny, platitudinal, platitudinous	dull and tiresome but with pretensions of significance or originality
	cliched, ready-made	repeated regularly without thought or originality
	cold, stale, dusty, moth-eaten	Lacking originality or spontaneity
	slavish	Blindly imitative
See also	conventional	Following accepted customs and proprieties
	secondary	Of second rank or importance or value
	stale	Lacking freshness, palatability, or showing deterioration from age
	uncreative	not creative
Opposite	original	Being or productive of something fresh and unusual
Spanish	original
Nouns	unoriginality	the quality of being unoriginal
Nouns	unoriginality	uncreativeness due to a lack of originality
Adverbs	unoriginally	in an unoriginal manner

HyperDic: unoriginal