unoriginal
8
3.4
- adjective
- /ˌʌnəˈrɪdʒənl/
:
no original
- My first, and unoriginal encounter with champagne was at a New Year's Eve party.
- an unoriginal person
Absolutely Stanley Cup, and this is this is so breathtakingly unoriginal.
- Absolutely Stanley Cup, and this is this is so breathtakingly unoriginal.
- I mean, it's depressing that we're so unoriginal, but it's also liberating in that if this holds true, that we can choose our life by choosing the people we hang out with.
- So you have you have unoriginal content and you're losing your guest.
- Here's a story, once freshly cast by my old man to the hotel room wall, throat now full of my own unoriginal blood.
Examples
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Randy, that's so unoriginal.
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But aren't popular songs by definition derivative and unoriginal?
Fiction book (2000) -
OK, OK, So my guess, which is a bit unoriginal, is India.
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I think the idea is to be unoriginal, but in as original a way as possible.
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"Beautiful, but unoriginal," I told her.
Fiction book (1998) -
Though unoriginal, this approach is well handled, and it does offer the advantage of broad appeal.
Academic text (1992) -
One thing I really dislike about children's clothing is how unoriginal most of the designs are.
Blog text (28) -
Prof. Coyne's challenge is as unoriginal as it is banal.
Blog text (19) -
Norris's party was as unoriginal as her fashions, and the perfume was a Gio knock-off.
Fiction book (1994) -
The film received criticism for being too unoriginal and relying on cliches.
Synonyms
32
3.1
Not new or interesting because of repetition
23
6.2
Not showing new ideas or creative thinking
21
7.2
Used so often that it feels boring
9
4.2
Does not show creativity or new ideas
6
6.5
Not original and very similar to many others
3
4.4
Not special or impressive, just ordinary
2
4.3
Not having new ideas or ways of doing things
1
5.4
Not new because people use it too often and it is easy to guess
1
7.0
Having no original ideas and following a simple idea about a group of people
1
5.8
Not showing new ideas or imagination
1
7.2
Not having clear features that make it different
Showing no original ideas or creativity
Not new and made as a copy of another thing
Boring because it uses words or ideas people hear many times
Something that is not the only one and can appear more than once
Antonyms
How Original
165
5.5
40
3.8
250
3.6
175
2.8
8
3.4
26
7.2
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Unoriginal is made from un- meaning 'not' and original, which comes from the Latin root origo meaning 'beginning' or 'source' and is the same root as origin. So unoriginal means 'not new' or lacking fresh, inventive ideas.