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- [uh-rij-uh-nl]
- /əˈrɪdʒ ə nl/
- /ˌʌn.əˈrɪdʒ.ɪ.nəl/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [uh-rij-uh-nl]
- /əˈrɪdʒ ə nl/
Definitions of unoriginal word
- adjective unoriginal belonging or pertaining to the origin or beginning of something, or to a thing at its beginning: The book still has its original binding. 1
- adjective unoriginal new; fresh; inventive; novel: an original way of advertising. 1
- adjective unoriginal arising or proceeding independently of anything else: an original view of history. 1
- adjective unoriginal capable of or given to thinking or acting in an independent, creative, or individual manner: an original thinker. 1
- adjective unoriginal created, undertaken, or presented for the first time: to give the original performance of a string quartet. 1
- adjective unoriginal being something from which a copy, a translation, or the like is made: The original document is in Washington. 1
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Origin of unoriginal
First appearance:
before 1300 One of the 15% oldest English words
1300-50; Middle English < Latin orīginālis (adj.) and Medieval Latin orīgināle original document (noun use of neuter adj.), equivalent to orīgin- (see origin) + -ālis -al1
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Parts of speech for Unoriginal
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unoriginal popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 95% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
According to our data about 52% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.
unoriginal usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for unoriginal
adj unoriginal
- banal — If you describe something as banal, you do not like it because you think that it is so ordinary that it is not at all effective or interesting.
- bonder — a long stone or brick laid in a wall as a header
- bromidic — ordinary; dull
- cast-off — to throw or hurl; fling: The gambler cast the dice.
- castoff — thrown away; discarded; abandoned
adjective unoriginal
- commonplace — If something is commonplace, it happens often or is often found, and is therefore not surprising.
- copied — an imitation, reproduction, or transcript of an original: a copy of a famous painting.
- corny — If you describe something as corny, you mean that it is obvious or sentimental and not at all original.
- derivational — Of or pertaining to derivation; relating to that which is derived.
- derivative — A derivative is something which has been developed or obtained from something else.
Antonyms for unoriginal
adj unoriginal
- avantgarde — the advance group in any field, especially in the visual, literary, or musical arts, whose works are characterized chiefly by unorthodox and experimental methods.
- causative — Causative factors are ones which are responsible for causing something.
- demiurgic — Philosophy. Platonism. the artificer of the world. (in the Gnostic and certain other systems) a supernatural being imagined as creating or fashioning the world in subordination to the Supreme Being, and sometimes regarded as the originator of evil.
- deviceful — full of devices; inventive; cunning
- forgetive — inventive; creative.
adjective unoriginal
- invented — Fictional, made up, imaginary.
- original — belonging or pertaining to the origin or beginning of something, or to a thing at its beginning: The book still has its original binding.
- originative — having or characterized by the power of originating; creative.
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