Definition of unoriginal
- an unoriginal idea
- a movie with a highly unoriginal plot
- an unoriginal thinker
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1749
archetypal (also archetypical), original;
artificial, bogus, factitious, fake, false, imitation, man-made, mock, sham, simulated, substitute, synthetic;
duplicated, photocopied, reduplicated, reproduced, transcribed;
counterfeit, deceptive, forged, fraudulent, misleading;
cut-and-dried (also cut-and-dry), perfunctory, routine, uninspired;
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