unoriginal meaning

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unoriginal (adjective): not original; not being or productive of something fresh and unusual.

Definition of unoriginal

  1. 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

    Opposite: original

    Similar: banal, bromidic, cliched, cold, slavish

    Related forms: unoriginality

unoriginal in a sentence

Scrabble score: 11 (letter breakdown)

Word lists: words starting with UN · words ending in AL · 10-letter words

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