unoriginal
Britishadjective
Example Sentences
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It’s also unoriginal: Pundits have overlaid charts showing recent gains for the Magnificent Seven with dot-coms, the Roaring ’20s, railroad fever, Japanese property and tulip bulbs.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 8, 2026
As much as Swift's and Beyoncé's mere sneezes may count as pop culture news — how often can you write stories about these megastars without becoming unoriginal, redundant or maybe even boring?
From Salon ● Sep. 13, 2023
It was a disaster, the 2009 show plagued by wardrobe malfunctions and faulted for unoriginal designs distinguished only by an overabundance of hearts.
From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2023
A judge in 2018 threw the case out, saying 3LW’s chorus was too unoriginal to be protected.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 9, 2022
Too eager, too anxious—an imitative and unoriginal pupil.
From "Hunger of Memory" by Richard Rodriguez
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