General and Patented

General

General adjective - Belonging or relating to the whole.

Patented is an antonym for general.

Patented

Patented adjective - Of, relating to, or belonging to a single person.
Usage example: the radio commentator went into one of his patented tirades after an astute caller questioned his knowledge of the facts

General is an antonym for patented.

Nearby Words: patent, patentee, patenting, patentability

Both words in one sentence

  • Reed Richards Is Useless Other justifications given (making this both the Trope Namer and the Unbuilt Trope) is that while a lot of Reed's stuff does get patented, he avoids a lot of dangerous superhero stuff like the death rays and portals to hell that can't be trusted to the general public.
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