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Recent Examples of unoriginal These stories are shockingly unoriginal, both in the real world and in films and television. Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 11 Apr. 2025 Using Trite Business Jargon Nothing screams unoriginal like a LinkedIn profile filled with corporate buzzwords. William Arruda, Forbes.com, 6 Apr. 2025 Perhaps because of these unoriginal guesses, Lucky Duck had a blast from the past exclusive clue ready for everyone, featuring season 3’s Banana, a.k.a. Lauren Huff, EW.com, 10 Apr. 2025 Issues Regarding Ethics And Credibility The rise of AI content raises significant ethical questions, including biased information (depending on the topic and tool), a lack of transparent attribution and blurred lines between original and unoriginal content. Angeley Mullins, Forbes.com, 4 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for unoriginal
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unoriginal
Adjective
  • Nautilus is bold in its changes to Captain Nemo’s story — new monsters, new villains — but imitative to other genre series in execution, and the vibe is a little didactic.
    Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 25 June 2025
  • The word was likely imitative of the deep humming sound male bees make.
    Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 25 May 2025
Adjective
  • Look to make your investing as formulaic as possible.
    Catherine Brock, Forbes.com, 30 June 2025
  • Despite the often-predictable limitations of the genre, Ehren Kruger’s script avoids feeling formulaic (sorry).
    EW Staff Published, EW.com, 30 June 2025

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“Unoriginal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unoriginal. Accessed 11 Jul. 2025.

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