as in imitative
using or marked by the use of something else as a basis or model
critics faulted the novel for having a painfully unoriginal plot
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Rohrwacher’s unoriginal, simplistic aim is to wipe the slate of male-filmmaker influence.
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Armond White, National Review, 3 Apr. 2024
The colorful cans come in four decidedly unoriginal, Spindrift-esque flavors: lime, grapefruit, peach, and black cherry.
—Sam Stone, Bon Appétit, 8 Mar. 2024
The cardinal event of Saturday night is the dunk contest, which is now a lame parade of props, unoriginal ideas, and G-Leaguers.
—Dieter Kurtenbach, The Mercury News, 19 Feb. 2024
Perhaps that’s why so much of this early new era of MLS has felt so clumsy, so ill-fitting and so unoriginal.
—Ian Nicholas Quillen, Forbes, 19 Feb. 2024
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Armond White, National Review, 3 Apr. 2024
The colorful cans come in four decidedly unoriginal, Spindrift-esque flavors: lime, grapefruit, peach, and black cherry.
—Sam Stone, Bon Appétit, 8 Mar. 2024
The cardinal event of Saturday night is the dunk contest, which is now a lame parade of props, unoriginal ideas, and G-Leaguers.
—Dieter Kurtenbach, The Mercury News, 19 Feb. 2024
Perhaps that’s why so much of this early new era of MLS has felt so clumsy, so ill-fitting and so unoriginal.
—Ian Nicholas Quillen, Forbes, 19 Feb. 2024
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“Unoriginal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unoriginal. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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