unoriginate

Examples

• All

• The eternal generation of the Son by the nature of the Father's self-diffusive goodness is a necessary generation. To say that the Son is generated per modum naturae is to say that the Father's self-diffusive goodness is not a "free choice"; rather, goodness constitutes the person of the Father who is unoriginate and fecund.

  Academic text (2007)

• Her idea for the project was criticized as being unoriginal, lacking any sense of unoriginate creativity.

• The film received harsh reviews for its unoriginate plot that followed the same clichés as many others.

Synonyms

B

banal

vsunoriginate

21 7.2

Used so often that it feels boring

means lacking novelty but adds the sense of being boring from overuse

U

unremarkable

vsunoriginate

20 3.5

Being ordinary and not interesting

denotes lack of novelty more than plain ordinariness

S

sterile

vsunoriginate

16 6.2

Not showing new ideas or creative thinking

highlights mere absence of novelty rather than failure to produce

U

uninspired

vsunoriginate

14 4.0

Not having new or interesting ideas

is concerned with not being new rather than with mood or energy

U

unimaginative

vsunoriginate

9 4.2

Does not show creativity or new ideas

covers lack of novelty broadly, not only lack of imagination

U

unoriginal

vsunoriginate

7 3.4

Not new or creative like ideas you have heard before

is the broad label for not being new or inventive

U

unexceptional

vsunoriginate

3 4.4

Not special or impressive, just ordinary

focuses on not being new rather than only being typical

U

uncreative

vsunoriginate

2 4.3

Not having new ideas or ways of doing things

focuses on absence of inventiveness rather than full unoriginality

U

uninventive

vsunoriginate

1 5.8

Not showing new ideas or imagination

is a general lack of novelty rather than specific creative failure

I

indistinctive

vsunoriginate

1 7.2

Not having clear features that make it different

refers to not being new rather than merely not standing out

B

bromidic

vsunoriginate

1 9.9

Boring because it uses words or ideas people hear many times

is simply not new without implying cliché or overuse

N

nondistinctive

vsunoriginate

1 6.1

Not having features that make it stand out

is about absence of novelty rather than lack of distinguishing features

U

uninvented

vsunoriginate

1 8.2

Showing no original ideas or creativity

is the wider term for absence of novelty or inventiveness

U

undistinctive

vsunoriginate

1 5.6

Lacking special features that make it stand out

means not inventive or novel rather than only being undistinguished

N

nonoriginal

vsunoriginate

1 5.0

Not new and made as a copy of another thing

emphasizes simple absence of newness rather than active copying

How Original

inventive

38 3.8

novel

74 5.1

original

253 3.6

unoriginate

1 8.6

derivative

20 7.2

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology