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单词 unoriginal
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Definition of unoriginal in English:

unoriginal

adjective ʌnəˈrɪdʒɪn(ə)lˌənəˈrɪdʒənl
  • Lacking originality; derivative.

    没有创新的;老套的

    an uninteresting and unoriginal essay

    乏味而老套的杂文。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Look, you guys can say all you like that this was unoriginal or derivative, but I've seen the films he's ripping off and you know what?
    • Sometimes sharp writing and tremendous actor chemistry can revitalize unoriginal and boring material.
    • It seems that uni, and me in particular, tends to attract these enthusiastic, unoriginal dull types.
    • Instead, I saw my memories as they were viewed by millions every week: corny, unoriginal, and uninteresting.
    • My initial snap judgment was that it was unoriginal and rather boring, but as I got to know it and the performers better, I found it infinitely touching.
    • Guilty of being vastly unoriginal, insipid, boring, and just downright horrible!
    • With plain, unoriginal style, it depicted the front side of a manor.
    • This essay manages to be dull, unoriginal and strange all at the same time.
    • It's all bland, unoriginal pap that will only appeal to the nostalgia-seekers of the original BSB generation.
    • Awful because it's such a lame and unoriginal hack job full of tired ideas dressed up with pretty lighting.
    • Insofar as the European constitution mentions the free market, it is simply banal and unoriginal.
    • I didn't enjoy the format and found the thing tired and unoriginal.
    • The tale itself is distinctly unoriginal - almost originally so.
    • A victim of its own success, and the influence it had on subsequent films, its conceits seem stale and unoriginal today.
    • It's stale, unoriginal, formulaic, repetitive, and shows as much originality and passion as a tribute band.
    • Suddenly, my comfortable city life seemed boring and unoriginal.
    • The opinions expressed by callers are consistently unoriginal and dull.
    • I always hate unoriginal and uninspired titles, but apparently I also specialise in them.
    • In short there's little to recommend this tired and unoriginal movie, and very little in it that hasn't been endlessly recycled before.
    • However, a Workers Online search of industrial insults painted the manager's effort as both unoriginal and lame.
    Synonyms
    tedious, dull, monotonous

Derivatives

  • unoriginality

  • noun ʌnərɪdʒɪˈnalɪtiˌənəˌrɪdʒəˈnælədi
    • Now there's a true conservative's flare for unoriginality.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Listening to this CD, I discovered depths of bad music, bad programming, and unoriginality I never even knew existed.
      • Irish directors are the root of the problem, he says: an expletive-laden diatribe against their complacency and unoriginality demonstrates the depth of his feeling on the subject.
      • Contestants are rewarded for unoriginality and short-term profit gains, proving that the spirit of Enron will continue to thrive as long as audiences deem The Apprentice a hit, rather than giving it the miss it deserves.
      • The very unoriginality of the slogans points to the fact that they're not in the authorial voice but are more description of the cultural landscape.
  • unoriginally

  • adverb
    • My first thought, unoriginally enough, was a fish.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • The cat was rather unoriginally (in Gale's opinion) named Marmalade.
      • The latter's the most ironic, as it's my second-favourite Shakespeare play. [My favourite is Hamlet, unoriginally enough.]
      • ‘Yeah, it's great actually… really enjoying it, thanks,’ I replied unoriginally.
      • Rather unoriginally named ‘brown mix,’ though I think there's probably some kind of translation problem… the name in Japanese is probably something beautiful like ‘sunset on a perfect day in the mountains, drawing shadows.’

Definition of unoriginal in US English:

unoriginal

adjectiveˌənəˈrijənlˌənəˈrɪdʒənl
  • Lacking originality; derivative.

    没有创新的;老套的

    an uninteresting and unoriginal essay

    乏味而老套的杂文。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Guilty of being vastly unoriginal, insipid, boring, and just downright horrible!
    • A victim of its own success, and the influence it had on subsequent films, its conceits seem stale and unoriginal today.
    • My initial snap judgment was that it was unoriginal and rather boring, but as I got to know it and the performers better, I found it infinitely touching.
    • In short there's little to recommend this tired and unoriginal movie, and very little in it that hasn't been endlessly recycled before.
    • I always hate unoriginal and uninspired titles, but apparently I also specialise in them.
    • Suddenly, my comfortable city life seemed boring and unoriginal.
    • It's all bland, unoriginal pap that will only appeal to the nostalgia-seekers of the original BSB generation.
    • With plain, unoriginal style, it depicted the front side of a manor.
    • The tale itself is distinctly unoriginal - almost originally so.
    • This essay manages to be dull, unoriginal and strange all at the same time.
    • It seems that uni, and me in particular, tends to attract these enthusiastic, unoriginal dull types.
    • Awful because it's such a lame and unoriginal hack job full of tired ideas dressed up with pretty lighting.
    • Instead, I saw my memories as they were viewed by millions every week: corny, unoriginal, and uninteresting.
    • Sometimes sharp writing and tremendous actor chemistry can revitalize unoriginal and boring material.
    • However, a Workers Online search of industrial insults painted the manager's effort as both unoriginal and lame.
    • I didn't enjoy the format and found the thing tired and unoriginal.
    • The opinions expressed by callers are consistently unoriginal and dull.
    • It's stale, unoriginal, formulaic, repetitive, and shows as much originality and passion as a tribute band.
    • Insofar as the European constitution mentions the free market, it is simply banal and unoriginal.
    • Look, you guys can say all you like that this was unoriginal or derivative, but I've seen the films he's ripping off and you know what?
    Synonyms
    tedious, dull, monotonous
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