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unoriginal

adjective more unoriginal · most unoriginal

Lacking originality. 1758, William Hawkins, Tracts in Divinity, Oxford, Volume 2, Letter 12 [on Pope’ translations of Homer], pp. 418-419, Redundancies are as unoriginal as Insipidities, and the Spirit of an Author may be as much overwhelmed in Exuberance on the one Hand, as it evaporates in Frigidity on the other.
Similar: uncreative, unimaginative, uninventive, clichéd, derivative, predictable, slavish, stock
rare Not being the first or earliest version of something, not original. 1894, Joseph Jacobs (editor), More Celtic Fairy Tales, London: David Nutt, Notes and References, “The Leeching of Kayn’s Leg,” p. 232, [This tale] occurs in an MS. of the fifteenth century in an obviously unoriginal form which shows that the story-teller did not appreciate the significance of many f
obsolete Without an origin or source. [I] plung’d in the womb Of unoriginal Night and Chaos wilde,

noun unoriginals

A person or work that does not exhibit originality. Ahmad (1969) studied the personality differences among middle school girls identified as originals and unoriginals on the Minnesota's test of creative thinking.

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Español	poco original, nada original, sin originalidad

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@misc{unoriginal_2026,
  title = {unoriginal},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/unoriginal},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}