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formulaic

[fawr-myuh-ley-ik] / ˌfɔr myəˈleɪ ɪk /
ADJECTIVE
ordinary
Synonyms
STRONGEST
conventional
WEAK
average common commonplace customary cut-and-dried everyday garden-variety imitative mechanical normal plain routine run-of-the-mill standard stock undistinguished unexceptional unoriginal unremarkable usual

Example Sentences

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A significant subset of them are formulaic in style—expository, structured, smooth, coherent and impersonal, traits that overlap with AI-generated prose.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

Fruit is an absurd but also simple way to reflect the formulaic, sensationalist and stereotypical world of dating reality TV, Lupinacci said.

From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026

“The Housemaid” is far from the formulaic thriller its trailers and general synopsis suggest.

From Salon • Jan. 31, 2026

He showed us CCF documents that said the information Russia had provided was "generic and formulaic" and there had been an "inadequate explanation" of the alleged crime.

From BBC • Jan. 25, 2026

Visual analysis can help us to appreciate the beauty of a masterpiece, but we must be careful not to use a formulaic approach that would trivialize it.

From "History of Art, Volume 1" by H.W. Janson

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.