unoriginal

/ənəˈrɪdʒɪnəl/

/ənəˈrɪdʒɪnəl/

Definitions of unoriginal

1. adjective

   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”

   synonyms:

   conventional

   following accepted customs and proprieties

   uncreative

   not creative

   stale

   lacking freshness, palatability, or showing deterioration from age

   banal, commonplace, hackneyed, old-hat, shopworn, stock, threadbare, timeworn, tired, trite, well-worn

   repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse

   bromidic, corny, platitudinal, platitudinous

   dull and tiresome but with pretensions of significance or originality

   cliched, ready-made

   repeated regularly without thought or originality

   cold, dusty, moth-eaten, stale

   lacking originality or spontaneity; no longer new

   slavish

   blindly imitative

   secondary

   being of second rank or importance or value; not direct or immediate

   antonyms:

   original

   being or productive of something fresh and unusual; or being as first made or thought of

   unconventional

   not conforming to accepted rules or standards

   creative, originative

   having the ability or power to create, especially something new or imaginative

   first

   preceding all others in time or space or degree

   avant-garde, daring

   radically new or original

   freehand, freehanded

   done by hand without mechanical aids or devices

   fresh, new, novel

   original and of a kind not seen before

   germinal, originative, seminal

   containing seeds of later development

   groundbreaking, innovational, innovative

   being or producing something like nothing done or experienced or created before

   new, newfangled

   (of a new kind or fashion) gratuitously new

   underivative

   not derivative or imitative

   primary

   of first rank or importance or value; direct and immediate rather than secondary