imitative
Example Sentences
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Mr. Theroux is deliciously dyspeptic, and he describes present-day books of travel as “lazy and imitative, celebrating the encroaching triviality of popular culture, or else unreadable for their flatulence and frivolity.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026
The research also details potential breakthroughs in specific areas, including pump-jet propulsion and internal quieting devices, based on "imitative innovation" of Russian technology.
From Reuters ● Oct. 9, 2023
The series arrives as the culture is much disturbed by the question of artificial intelligence — of ChatGPT and various art programs and whether their products are imitative or creative.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 19, 2023
If so, getting your avatar dressed in the morning may feel less like playing paper dolls, and more like a unique form of value-signaling and experimentation; may seem additive, rather than just imitative.
From New York Times ● Jun. 22, 2022
Too eager, too anxious—an imitative and unoriginal pupil.
From "Hunger of Memory" by Richard Rodriguez
