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non-novel
adjective
(alsononnovel)uk /ˌnɒnˈnɒv.əl/ us /ˌnɑːnˈnɑː.vəl/
not new or different:
The critic felt the film to be a stale and nonnovel artistic work that didn't say anything new.
The game had a non-novel concept with many similar elements to games that have been seen before.
Their application for a patent was rejected on account of their device being non-novel and too similar to others already on the market.
The series takes a non-novel narrative trope--that of long-separated twins, one good and one evil--and gives it a fresh twist for contemporary times.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Old or old-fashioned
age-old
ageing
ancient
antediluvian
anti-progressive
fossilization
fossilize
fossilized
frumpy
fustily
outdate
outdated
outdatedly
outmoded
outworn
unmodernized
unmodish
unprogressive
unreconstructed
unsmart
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