What is another word for un-original?
Pronunciation:
[ ˈʌnəɹˈɪd͡ʒɪnə͡l], [ ˈʌnəɹˈɪdʒɪnəl], [ ˈʌ_n_ə_ɹ_ˈɪ_dʒ_ɪ_n_əl]
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Similar words for un-original:
- banal (adjective)
- bromidic (adjective)
- derivational (adjective)
- derivative (adjective)
- derived (adjective)
- formulaic (adjective)
- hackneyed (adjective)
- old (adjective)
- olden (adjective)
- slavish (adjective)
- stale (adjective)
- stereotyped (adjective)
- trite (adjective)
- uncreative (adjective)
- unimaginative (adjective)
- unoriginal (adjective)
Synonyms for Un-original:
adj.
• banal (adjective)- pabulum,
- dumb,
- noplace,
- flat,
- nothing,
- everyday,
- common,
- corny,
- humdrum,
- mundane,
- wishy-washy,
- tired,
- ho hum,
- ordinary,
- platitudinous,
- zero,
- stock,
- vapid,
- tripe,
- old hat,
- unoriginal,
- bland,
- dull as dishwater,
- stale,
- stupid,
- nowhere,
- hackneyed,
- watery,
- blah,
- cornball,
- square,
- hokey,
- pedestrian,
- insipid,
- bromidic,
- stereotyped,
- cornfed.
- plagiarized,
- Inferred,
- Procured,
- ancestral,
- coming from,
- secondary,
- uninventive,
- connate,
- plagiaristic,
- cognate,
- acquired,
- Obtained,
- rehashed,
- subordinate,
- inferential,
- hereditary,
- copied,
- Caused,
- not original,
- secondhand,
- Evolved.
- normal,
- average,
- unremarkable,
- garden-variety,
- mechanical,
- standard,
- cut-and-dried,
- customary,
- undistinguished,
- unexceptional,
- plain.
- old-hat,
- commonplace,
- out-of-date,
- outmoded,
- old-saw,
- old,
- banal,
- old-chestnut,
- familiar tune,
- worn-out,
- obsolete,
- Overworked,
- run-of-the-mill,
- played-out,
- antiquated,
- moth-eaten,
- well-worn,
- quotidian,
- threadbare,
- outdated.
- once,
- erstwhile,
- done,
- venerable,
- age-old,
- quondam,
- olden,
- of old,
- primeval,
- old-time,
- past,
- relic,
- traditional,
- antediluvian,
- cast-off,
- primordial,
- dated,
- unfashionable,
- primitive,
- sometime,
- superannuated,
- immemorial,
- original,
- early,
- aboriginal,
- oldfangled,
- old-fashioned,
- pristine,
- remote,
- time-worn,
- antique,
- decayed,
- Crumbling,
- rusty,
- former,
- of yore,
- late,
- bygone,
- onetime,
- demode,
- archaic.
- dull,
- mawkish,
- yesterday's,
- dusty,
- fusty,
- effete,
- bent,
- zestless,
- dead,
- repetitious,
- out,
- drab,
- like a dinosaur.
- prosaic,
- uninspired,
- bathetic,
- ready-made,
- drained,
- set,
- jejune,
- used-up,
- warmed-over,
- exhausted,
- chain,
- routine,
- Mildewed,
- worn.
- hygienic,
- Disinfected,
- arid,
- fruitless,
- desert,
- Infecund,
- uninfected,
- without issue,
- decontaminated,
- sanitary,
- unfruitful,
- impotent,
- sterilized,
- empty,
- bare,
- futile,
- fallow,
- gaunt,
- unprofitable,
- vain,
- waste,
- infertile,
- desolate,
- germ-free,
- septic,
- bleak,
- aseptic,
- pasteurized,
- antiseptic,
- unprolific.
How to use "Un-original" in context?
The word "un-original" is often thrown around without much thought, but what does it really mean and why is it such a problem? The dictionary defines unoriginal as "not having been borrowed or copied from someone else; not being based on or resembling anything previously known or done." In other words, an unoriginal idea is something that is not based off of anything else and is new and unique. The problem with unoriginal ideas is that they are often not well thought out and can be very frustrating to consumers.
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