Synonyms: unoriginal
Definition: not original; not being or productive of something fresh and unusual
Usage: the manuscript contained unoriginal emendations; his life had been unoriginal, conforming completely to the given pattern- Gwethalyn Graham
Similar words: trite, timeworn, tired, stock, threadbare, old-hat, hackneyed, commonplace, banal, shopworn, well-worn
Definition: repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse
Usage: bromidic sermons; his remarks were trite and commonplace; hackneyed phrases; a stock answer; repeating threadbare jokes; parroting some timeworn axiom; the trite metaphor `hard as nails'
Similar words: bromidic, platitudinal, platitudinous, corny
Definition: dull and tiresome but with pretensions of significance or originality
Usage: bromidic sermons
Similar words: ready-made, cliched
Definition: repeated regularly without thought or originality
Usage: ready-made phrases
Similar words: cold, dusty, moth-eaten, stale
Definition: lacking originality or spontaneity; no longer new
Usage: moth-eaten theories about race; stale news
Similar words: slavish
Definition: blindly imitative
Usage: a slavish copy of the original