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cookie-cutterish

cookie-cutterish adjective: 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.

Adjective

cookie-cutterish (comparative more cookie-cutterish, superlative most cookie-cutterish)

  1. (derogatory, figuratively, often) 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.
    • "We tried to make something that wasn't cookie-cutterish," said Maureen Moore, creative director. "The idea is the same in each, but the situation is different. The spots are fresh and reward the viewer."1990, Adweek, volume 31, numbers 36-44, page 16
    • Maybe the analyses look all too cookie-cutterish. They seem to make things all too simple.1994, United States Committee on Armed Services. Hearings on National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal year 1995--S. 2182 (H. R. 4301).

Synonyms of cookie-cutterish

Forms of cookie-cutterish

comparativemore cookie-cutterish
superlativemost cookie-cutterish
alternative formcookie cutterish

Origin of cookie-cutterish

From cookie-cutter + -ish.

Questions about cookie-cutterish

What does cookie-cutterish mean?
Cookie-cutterish means 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.
What part of speech is cookie-cutterish?
Cookie-cutterish is an adjective.

Words near cookie-cutterish in the dictionary

  1. cookie wall
  2. cookie walls
  3. cookie-cutter
  4. cookie-cuttered
  5. cookie-cuttering
  6. cookie-cutterish
  7. cookie-cutters
  8. cookie-jar accounting
  9. cookie-jar reserve
  10. cookie-jar reserves
  11. cookie-pop

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