unoriginal

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The dreamlike mishmash of religious iconography and in-your-face motherhood imagery that Belinda witnesses in ghostly visions reads as derivative and unoriginal.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 6, 2024

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

But this tedious, unfunny, screamingly unoriginal romantic adventure film is so flimsy and so insubstantial that it’s practically vaporous.

From New York Times • Apr. 20, 2023

Too eager, too anxious—an imitative and unoriginal pupil.

From "Hunger of Memory" by Richard Rodriguez