unoriginal

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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

“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

Too eager, too anxious—an imitative and unoriginal pupil.

From "Hunger of Memory" by Richard Rodriguez