Nonoriginal

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Not original not-comparable

    "And the bassist Mike Watt — the only nonoriginal member, replacing the deceased Dave Alexander — followed Iggy’s physical cues with half-crazed concentration, like a fisherman refusing to let go of a dangerous catch."

Example

More examples

"And the bassist Mike Watt — the only nonoriginal member, replacing the deceased Dave Alexander — followed Iggy’s physical cues with half-crazed concentration, like a fisherman refusing to let go of a dangerous catch."

Etymology

From non- + original.

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.