non-novel
adjective
(alsononnovel)uk/ˌnɒnˈnɒv.əl/us/ˌnɑːnˈnɑː.vəl/not new or different:
Thecriticfeltthefilmto be astaleand nonnovelartisticworkthat didn't say anything new.
Thegamehad a non-novelconceptwith manysimilarelementstogamesthat have beenseenbefore.
- Theirapplicationfor apatentwasrejectedonaccountoftheirdevicebeing non-novel and toosimilartoothersalready on themarket.
- Theseriestakesa non-novelnarrativetrope--that of long-separatedtwins, one good and one evil--and gives it afreshtwistforcontemporarytimes.
Old or old-fashioned
- age-old
- ageing
- ancient
- antediluvian
- anti-progressive
- creaky
- fossilization
- fossilize
- fossilized
- frumpy
- fusty
- have hadits/yourdayidiom
- neanderthal
- outdated
- outmoded
- outworn
- passé
- petrified
- vintage
- went out with the arkidiom