identikit

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adjective

iden·​ti·​kit

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sometimes capitalized

chiefly British

: produced by or as if by the routine assembly of stock materials : lacking variety or individuality : prefabricated, stereotyped

the type of bland, middlebrow, identikit novel

—Quentin Oates

Identi-Kit

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trademark

Iden·​ti-Kit

īˈdentə̇ˌkit

—used for a method of creating a picture (as of the face of a person wanted by police) by combining several separate images (as of different features)

Word History

Etymology

Adjective

from Identi-Kit, a trademark

First Known Use

Adjective

1962, in the meaning defined above

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