unoriginal
Britishadjective
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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
The fact that it is always almost impossible to get a reservation at a good restaurant on Valentine's Day should tell you that this idea is super unoriginal and overdone.
From Salon ● Feb. 11, 2024
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
As dance, the show is simple and unoriginal — yet exceptionally effective.
From New York Times ● Aug. 9, 2023
Too eager, too anxious—an imitative and unoriginal pupil.
From "Hunger of Memory" by Richard Rodriguez
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