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

Over and over, we saw the same unoriginal, impersonal show.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 5, 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

Penelope found his imagery quaint, if a tad unoriginal, but knew better than to say so.

From "The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling" by Maryrose Wood