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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (1)

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


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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. [1913 Webster] 2. Fig.: To make firm or permanent; to fix. [1913 Webster] Powerful causes tending to stereotype and aggravate the poverty of old conditions. --Duke of Argyll (1887). [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Stereotyped \Ste"re*o*typed\, a. 1. Formed into, or printed from, stereotype plates. [1913 Webster] 2. Fig.: Formed in a fixed, unchangeable manner; as, stereotyped opinions. [1913 Webster] Our civilization, with its stereotyped ways and smooth conventionalities. --J. C. Shairp. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

stereotyped adj 1: lacking spontaneity or originality or individuality; "stereotyped phrases of condolence"; "even his profanity was unimaginative" [syn: stereotyped, stereotypic, stereotypical, unimaginative]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

81 Moby Thesaurus words for "stereotyped": 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