nonnovel
adjective
non·nov·el
ˌnän-ˈnä-vəl 
: not new, original, or striking : not novel
… in a line drawing, the novel part or parts may be drawn in full lines, with nonnovel part or parts shown in dotted lines.—
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And in their assessment of the link between novel moves and better-quality decisions, Shin and his colleagues found that before AlphaGo succeeded against human players, humans’ novel moves contributed less to good-quality decisions, on average, than nonnovel moves.
—Emily Willingham, Scientific American, 13 Mar. 2023
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Emily Willingham, Scientific American, 13 Mar. 2023
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“Nonnovel.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/nonnovel. Accessed 28 Nov. 2024.
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