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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

UNORIGINAL

a. 1. Not original; derived.
2. Having no birth; ungenerated.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

unoriginal

un o rig i nal |ˌənəˈrijənl ˌənəˈrɪʤənl | adjective lacking originality; derivative: an uninteresting and unoriginal essay. DERIVATIVES un o rig i nal i ty |-ˌrijəˈnalətē |noun, un o rig i nal ly adverb

 

Oxford Dictionary

unoriginal

un |ori ¦gin ¦al |ʌnəˈrɪdʒɪn (ə )l | adjective lacking originality; derivative: an uninteresting and unoriginal essay. DERIVATIVES unoriginality |-ˈnalɪti |noun, unoriginally adverb

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

unoriginal

unoriginal adjective the characters were somewhat interesting, but the story itself was unoriginal: conventional, uninspired, overdone, tired, clichéd, hackneyed; recycled, stock, paint-by-number.