not original; not being or productive of something fresh and unusual
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sample sentences
"the manuscript contained unoriginal emendations"
"his life had been unoriginal, conforming completely to the given pattern"- Gwethalyn Graham
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hackneyed, stock, threadbare, timeworn, trite, banal, commonplace, old-hat, shopworn, tired, well-worn
platitudinous, bromidic, corny, platitudinal
cliched, ready-made
cold, stale, dusty, moth-eaten
slavish