unoriginal

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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

“I know it’s totally unoriginal but you ve never been and I love that I get to show you Paris!”

From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie