unoriginal

Example Sentences

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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

“This update will help make sure that unoriginal, low-quality content doesn’t rank highly in Search, particularly for online-educational materials, entertainment, shopping, and tech-related content.”

From The Verge • Aug. 18, 2022

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

But I was afraid long before you, and in this I was unoriginal.

From "Between the World and Me" by Ta-Nehisi Coates