stilted
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The Independent's three-star review, external described the reboot as "all rather safe" and said the presenters feel "stilted".
From BBC ● Sep. 5, 2026
And because chatbots cobble together sentences from patterns found in human language, AI messages have their own problematic telltales—clichés and stilted sentences.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 26, 2026
The malevolent attention paid to Black’s stilted pop song reached levels no internet phenomenon had ever encountered.
From Salon ● Feb. 16, 2026
We held stilted conversation the rest of the drive back to L.A.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 9, 2026
We took a few stilted photos with the judge.
From "Three Little Words: A Memoir" by Ashley Rhodes-Courter
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