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Definition/Meaning

(adjective)

derivative, not unique or new;

e.g. The movie's plot was unoriginal and I could easily predict how it would end.

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Similar Words

Apish

Assembly-line

Canned

Cookie-cutter

Imitative

Mimetic

Mimic

Pedantic

Slavish

Uninspired

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Opposite Words

Artful

Authentic

Classic

Creative

Genuine

Groundbreaking

Ideal

Imaginative

Innovative

Inventive

Legitimate

Model

Natural

Original

Real

True

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Related Words

Artificial

Backup

Banal

Bogus

Cobwebby

Counterfeit

Cut-and-dried

Deceptive

Derivative

Factitious

Fake

False

Forged

Fraudulent

Hack

Hackney

Hackneyed

Imitation

Man-made

Mock

Moth-eaten

Musty

Obligatory

Perfunctory

Routine

Secondary

Secondhand

Sham

Shopworn

Simulated

Stale

Stereotyped

Substitute

Synthetic

Threadbare

Timeworn

Tired

Trite

Uninspired

Well-worn

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