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cookie-cutterish

adj · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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adj

Meaning 1

Having a similar appearance or seeming identical; created by some standard or common means; often with the implication that the result is boring, overly simple, or not applicable to all needs.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: derogatory, figuratively, often

Examples

  • 1994, United States Committee on Armed Services. Hearings on National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal year 1995--S. 2182 (H. R. 4301). Maybe the analyses look all too cookie-cutterish. They seem to make things all too simple.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: cookie-cutter, cookie-cuttered

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From cookie-cutter + -ish.