unoriginal
adjectives
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"- Gwethalyn Graham
is similar to
repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse
"bromidic sermons"; "his remarks were trite and commonplace"; "hackneyed phrases"; "a stock answer"; "repeating threadbare jokes"; "parroting some timeworn axiom"; "the trite metaphor `hard as nails'"
is similar to
dull and tiresome but with pretensions of significance or originality
"bromidic sermons"
is similar to
repeated regularly without thought or originality
"ready-made phrases"
is similar to
lacking originality or spontaneity; no longer new
"moth-eaten theories about race"; "stale news"
see also
following accepted customs and proprieties
"conventional wisdom"; "she had strayed from the path of conventional behavior"; "conventional forms of address"
see also
lacking freshness, palatability, or showing deterioration from age
"stale bread"; "the beer was stale"
see also
being of second rank or importance or value; not direct or immediate
"the stone will be hauled to a secondary crusher"; "a secondary source"; "a secondary issue"; "secondary streams"
is an attribute of
the quality of being new and original (not derived from something else)
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