unoriginal
pronunciation
How to pronounce unoriginal in British English:
UK ['ʌnə'rɪdʒənəl]
How to pronounce unoriginal in American English:
US [ˌʌnə'rɪdʒənəl]
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- Adjective:
- not original; not being or productive of something fresh and unusual
Word Origin
- unoriginal (adj.)
- 1660s, "uncreated, without an origin," from un- (1) "not" + original (adj.). Meaning "derivative, second-hand" is recorded from 1774. Related: Unoriginality.
Example
- 1. Unoriginal and overdone , to be sure .
- 2. This is both disappointingly unoriginal and plain wrong .
- 3. Features such as the combined url / search bar may be unoriginal , but they were worth copying .
- 4. Shooting me ? That 's a bit unoriginal , isn 't it ?
- 5. Decades later , punk and indie rock embraced modernist values too , scorning pop music as unoriginal .