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
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
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
Penelope found his imagery quaint, if a tad unoriginal, but knew better than to say so.
From "The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling" by Maryrose Wood
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