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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: lacking spontaneity or originality or individuality; "stereotyped phrases of condolence"; "even his profanity was unimaginative" [syn: stereotyped, stereotypic, stereotypical, unimaginative]

Merriam Webster's

adjective Date: 1849 lacking originality or individuality Synonyms: see trite

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Stereotyped Ste"re*o*typed, a. 1. Formed into, or printed from, stereotype plates. 2. Fig.: Formed in a fixed, unchangeable manner; as, stereotyped opinions. Our civilization, with its stereotyped ways and smooth conventionalities. --J. C. Shairp.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Stereotype Ste"re*o*type, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Stereotyped; p. pr. & vb. n. Stereotyping.] [Cf. F. st['e]r['e]otyper.] 1. To prepare for printing in stereotype; to make the stereotype plates of; as, to stereotype the Bible. 2. Fig.: To make firm or permanent; to fix. Powerful causes tending to stereotype and aggravate the poverty of old conditions. --Duke of Argyll (1887).

Moby Thesaurus

alike, automatic, average, back-number, banal, beaten, besetting, bewhiskered, bromidic, cliche, cliched, common, commonplace, constant, corny, current, cut-and-dried, dominant, epidemic, fade, familiar, frequent, fusty, habitual, hackney, hackneyed, indiscernible, indistinct, indistinctive, indistinguishable, interchangeable, moth-eaten, musty, normal, old hat, ordinary, overworked, pandemic, persistent, platitudinous, popular, predominant, predominating, prevailing, prevalent, rampant, recurrent, recurring, regnant, regular, reigning, repetitive, rife, routine, ruling, running, set, square, stale, standard, stock, threadbare, timeworn, tired, trite, truistic, undifferentiated, undiscriminated, undistinguishable, undistinguished, uniform, unoriginal, usual, warmed-over, well-known, well-trodden, well-worn, without distinction, worn, worn thin, worn-out