英语词汇“unoriginal”造句的方法、技巧、例句及翻译-英语例句辞典

Too eager, too anxious—an imitative and unoriginal pupil. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Penelope found his imagery quaint, if a tad unoriginal, but knew better than to say so. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

But when I said it, I felt stupid and unoriginal. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

“I know it’s totally unoriginal but you ve never been and I love that I get to show you Paris!” Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

But I was afraid long before you, and in this I was unoriginal. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

“The only thing more unoriginal is helping puppies find homes.” The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

And “Manifest,” a new drama on NBC premiering Monday, is decidedly unoriginal. Review: The Mystery Plane of ‘Manifest’ Flies to Dullness 2018-09-23T04:00:00Z

It has also made it bad form — not just uncompetitive and unoriginal — to do something as 20th century as naming your fashion line after yourself. No One Forgets a Fashion Labels Name When It’s Strange 2013-02-06T22:27:56Z

So you feel that contemporary British novels from the literary establishment are unoriginal and not up to scratch? Will Self, on himself 2012-08-20T11:45:00Z

Why, though, does Letters to Juliet have to be so staggeringly unoriginal? Letters to Juliet is corny as Kansas. Great! 2010-06-14T09:45:00Z

As dance, the show is simple and unoriginal — yet exceptionally effective. How to Command a Stage Without Great Dance Moves (Taylor’s Version) 2023-08-09T04:00:00Z

For instance, implying that a sinister ruling cabal wants to turn America into a police state: that’s provocative, if unoriginal in rock. Critics? Choice: New CDs 2010-02-28T23:00:00Z

In the midst of "Safe House's" predictable mayhem and unoriginal plotting, Washington is fun to watch as he outsmarts everyone again and again. 'Safe House': Denzel is a fun break from walls of familiarity 2012-02-08T20:22:04Z

This is the kind of new work that seems to have always been there — not because it is unoriginal, but because it takes its place effortlessly in a living tradition. Review: At SSO, music both new and attractive 2011-06-03T18:20:54Z

But after making the Top 12, Garcia was repeatedly slammed for being unoriginal and failing to show personality. Rejected "Idol" Andrew Garcia rejects "boring" jibes 2010-04-15T19:42:00Z

“Transcendence” traffics in a lot of interesting ideas, but does so in unoriginal ways. ‘Transcendence’: a cyber drama that’s slow to upload 2014-04-16T22:46:43Z

It was a joke both entirely unoriginal in its construction and deeply revealing of precisely why broadcast TV tends so frequently to lose to cable at this telecast. At the Emmys, Great Winners Overshadowed a Negative Host 2016-09-18T04:00:00Z

A spectacularly dull, utterly unoriginal and inconceivably ill-judged wodge of lifeless tripe has been thrust upon the moviegoing public, and they have lapped it up like flies in a bowl of sugar. Post-credits scene: Killers 2010-06-22T10:26:00Z

On the other hand, poking at the unknown with a fork and saying "I don't like it, I haven't tried it" is as unadventurous and unoriginal as the books I hope to avoid. My verdict on books I haven't read 2012-07-29T20:30:01Z

It’s all supposed to be mindless fun, but the jokes are too unsophisticated and unoriginal to justify the damage. Review: In ‘Kevin From Work,’ Caricatures Are the Rule 2015-08-10T04:00:00Z

The fact that they changed it to all woman seems like a ploy and a cover up for bad and unoriginal... Our ‘Ghostbusters’ Review: Girls Rule. Women Are Funny. Get Over It. 2016-07-10T04:00:00Z

And by “unoriginal” Williams means that Merton was not the kind of genius who was always himself, always some distinctive “original” force, but rather was “dramatically absorbed by every environment” that he found himself in. The Modern Monkhood of Thomas Merton 2018-12-28T05:00:00Z

Contemporary R&B is often criticized for lacking substance or being unoriginal, or even if it does pay homage, being devoid of whatever made its inspiration exceptional. Ari Lennox is R&B’s next star. Ask anyone (except her). 2019-07-23T04:00:00Z

“The choice was so heroic and unoriginal that it left them forever after with a feeling of gaping vacuity,” he writes. In Robert Lowell’s ‘Memoirs,’ Mental Illness, Creative Friends and a Takedown of Dad 2022-07-25T04:00:00Z

As the Oxford English Dictionary writes, a cliché is a phrase "regarded as unoriginal or trite due to overuse." Clichés may grate like nails on a chalkboard, but one person’s cliché is another’s sliced bread 2021-11-15T05:00:00Z

Salon's review said Wallace's approach to journalism "makes the rest of us feel hollow for being so unoriginal in our writing and in our lives". Karen Green on life after suicide 2011-04-09T23:04:02Z

It’s almost shocking to observe how painstakingly unoriginal Mr. Lubovitch’s dances are, how few facets of Shakespeare’s tragedy they address in some 125 minutes, and how coarse their quality of dramatic expression is. Review: ‘Othello’ Is Performed by the American Ballet Theater 2015-05-20T04:00:00Z

The sin of “Ted” is not that it is offensive but that it is boring, lazy and wildly unoriginal. Movie Review: ‘Ted,’ by Seth MacFarlane, With Mark Wahlberg and Mila Kunis 2012-06-28T12:00:00Z

There was enormous social pressure to engage in what is obviously a folly: to begin adulthood by lying, by making up fraudulent histories, by pretending that you’re independent, by grotesque and unoriginal conspicuous consumption. Your wedding's been cancelled by the coronavirus lockdown? Good 2020-06-10T04:00:00Z

When I finally visited New York for the first time, I did the most unoriginal possible thing and fell in love with it. When a Sinister Enemy Attacks New York, the City Fights Back 2020-03-24T04:00:00Z

In the four works of hers I’ve seen since 2009, her dances strike me as obviously limited, largely unoriginal, though not devoid of interest. Dance Review: Sarah Michelson’s ‘4,’ at the Whitney, Continues a Series 2014-01-26T22:09:19Z

“It’s extremely unoriginal,” said Will Corwin, a sculptor and New York art critic. Artist or Artifice: Who Is Adam Himebauch? 2022-12-14T05:00:00Z

If there’s any courage in making pop as unoriginal as this, it’s that your victories will always belong to someone else while the failures fall square on you. Review | It’s Taylor Swift’s world. The rest of us just go insane in it. 2017-11-10T05:00:00Z

But the judge ruled they were "too general for copyright protection... or are commonly used, unoriginal ideas". Matrix did not plagiarise judge says 2014-04-29T08:39:35Z

Heaven knows the past decade of mostly dreary jukebox musicals offers vivid proof that unoriginal music far more regularly inspires unoriginal theater. Tony Nominations Prove the Musical Has Lost Its Voice 2010-06-11T04:31:00Z

Worse than being unoriginal, though, “Grand Finale” soon becomes an array of mere effects. Review: Doom, Doom Everywhere (and Just a Drop of Joy) 2017-11-10T05:00:00Z

The term originated in hip-hop and was co-opted by white women, and somewhere in that process, pumpkin spice became the ultimate symbol of basicness — sweet, bland, unoriginal. I used every pumpkin spice product I could find for a week. Now my armpits smell like nutmeg. 2017-09-13T04:00:00Z

It's a reminder that mindless entertainment can still be well-made, and, more importantly, that just because a story is an homage, a remake or a sequel doesn't mean it has to be unoriginal. Forget "The Rise of Skywalker" — the only "Star Wars" sequel you need is this episode of "Community" 2019-12-26T05:00:00Z

So they’re still unoriginal, just in a slightly more well-rounded way. The Good, the Bad and the Jazzy: What ‘Cowboy Bebop’ Gets Right and Wrong 2021-11-23T05:00:00Z

While the filmmakers manage some entertaining fight sequences, they offer a standard-issue gang of heroes backed by a vague, unoriginal mythology about human-looking aliens finding refuge on Earth after their planet is destroyed. Capsule reviews: 'I Am Number Four,' 'Unknown' 2011-02-17T19:55:16Z

Bron, he reveals, is the murderer, but he’s no criminal mastermind; he’s stupid, and, to Blanc’s disgust, even unoriginal when it comes to plotting his friends’ deaths. At the Movies, Bagels, Onions and a Side Dish of Nothing 2023-01-18T05:00:00Z

But whereas its five new ballets of fall 2015 were all fresh affairs that gave hope for the future of ballet, the two on Wednesday were slickly unoriginal. New York City Ballet Opens a Spring Gala, and Some Umbrellas 2016-05-05T04:00:00Z

Bt mayoral candidate Jack Yan - who contacted the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce in a bid to stall the sign's go-ahead - has deemed it "tacky and unoriginal". Peter Jackson's Wellywood sign faces legal challenge 2010-03-12T11:26:00Z

Rather it’s a bland, unoriginal action thriller about an entirely predictable quest for revenge. Review: ‘There Are No Saints.’ Neither Are There New Plots. 2022-05-26T04:00:00Z

The acting in De Palma’s films is apt and vigorous, even engagingly hectic, but unoriginal. The Brian De Palma Conundrum 2016-06-02T04:00:00Z

In 1978, marking the tenth anniversary of Merton’s death, a young Anglican theologian named Rowan Williams wrote, “Merton’s genius was largely that he was a massively unoriginal man.” The Modern Monkhood of Thomas Merton 2018-12-28T05:00:00Z

And at a certain point it all seemed so unoriginal. | Q&A : The Many Lives of a Potter 2013-06-05T22:44:28Z

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? Don't blame me: The Beyoncé and Taylor Swift reporter jobs are not what they seem 2023-09-13T04:00:00Z

The playing dazzles, but the piece itself is at times unoriginal. Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra/Dudamel – review 2012-06-27T09:16:41Z

I mean, unoriginal,” she corrects, then corrects again: “I mean, both.” Theater Review: ‘Somewhere Fun,’ by Jenny Schwartz, at Vineyard Theater 2013-06-05T02:00:01Z

"It might confuse us into thinking what we do is unoriginal." Crystal Fighters: Bringing Basque the beats 2011-03-28T20:44:00Z

There's a lot more to London musicals than big-budget, unoriginal tosh; to find it you just have to cast your net a little wider. Some musical theatre is still on song 2011-02-07T17:33:44Z

Some are basic, unoriginal to him: stronger unions, a universal basic income. Kurt Andersen Asks: What Is the Future of America? 2020-08-11T04:00:00Z

Their relationship with their granddaughter is worth trashing to make a couple of unoriginal and barely actionable points? Perspective | Carolyn Hax: How to talk to a semi-estranged daughter about her abusive spouse 2019-09-05T04:00:00Z

“It is repetitive, unoriginal, simplistic and frustratingly short.” At 93, Former Resistance Fighter Goads France to Outrage 2011-03-09T10:30:05Z

It's a derivative endeavor, with echoes of everything from Dr. Frankenstein's creation to the Tin Man in "The Wizard of Oz," but being unoriginal is far from its biggest problem. Oddly, the robot is the least robotic thing about 'Chappie' 2015-03-05T05:00:00Z

As a play to her fan base it’s ingenious, and yet “Pieces of Me,” the song, sags under its unoriginal premise and noble self-regard. New Music 2011-06-13T22:00:32Z

There are worse crimes in the TV world than being unoriginal. Review: The Mystery Plane of ‘Manifest’ Flies to Dullness 2018-09-23T04:00:00Z

The scenes are formulaic and unoriginal, but also widely popular and profitable. 7 surprising ways porn is changing 2015-08-02T04:00:00Z

Although the characters repeatedly express their worship of “original art” in gilded frames, the script consists of singularly unoriginal dialogue. ‘Brush with Danger’: Siblings use skills to survive in Seattle 2014-09-25T04:00:00Z

It is widely thought to represent “all that is tacky, tasteless, earnest, sentimental, worthless, simplistic, poorly crafted, unoriginal, frivolous, redundant and common,” Mr. Eliason writes. Antiques: Elvis and Toreadors, Aglow on Black Velvet 2011-02-03T22:55:03Z

It’s always been easy to see the perspective of people who find TLI annoying; the post-Sandler immaturity that’s served as a basis for so much of their comedy can be predictable and unoriginal. The Lonely Island Make Funny on The Wack Album 2013-06-14T18:49:47Z

Gadget of choice: I know it’s unoriginal but I love my iPad. | Sara Rotman 2010-10-20T15:28:00Z

Finally, Jonathan Meades’s “The Plagiarist in the Kitchen: A Lifetime’s Culinary Theft,” a defiant cookbook written “in praise of the unoriginal,” is delicious to read and even better to cook from. Times Critics Discuss the Year in Books, From Triumphs to Disappointments 2018-12-04T05:00:00Z

My blog post about Patton was entirely unoriginal, as it merely repeated information that had been published in The New York Times, The Atlantic.com, Salon, Forbes.com and Slate. “Princeton Mom” gets schooled at her alma mater 2014-04-22T12:00:00Z

The fact that they changed it to all woman seems like a ploy and a cover up for bad and unoriginal ideas. Our ‘Ghostbusters’ Review: Girls Rule. Women Are Funny. Get Over It. 2016-07-10T04:00:00Z

It’s as if his sense of graceful beauty—an ordinary, unoriginal, and unsurprising one—rested on the warm cushion of money that is itself the movie’s unspoken subject. What’s Missing from “Foxcatcher” 2014-11-19T05:00:00Z

And, however unoriginal the premise, his mimicking of the Olympics dressage event is a physical comedy gem. Eddie Izzard – review 2013-05-08T16:52:16Z

The film tries so hard to be slick, but its efforts are both unoriginal and painfully amateurish. ‘Die in a Gunfight’ Review: Another Tale of Star-Crossed Lovers 2021-07-15T04:00:00Z

Lost inside “An Economist Gets Lunch” are some worthy if unoriginal arguments. Books of The Times: ?An Economist Gets Lunch,? by Tyler Cowen 2012-04-10T15:38:44Z

The ubiquitousness of certain words in band names ends up making those bands sound unoriginal. Ask the indie professor: Why so many bad band names? 2011-03-22T19:11:50Z

It’s a white elephant of a movie that conceals a mouse of timid wisdom, a mighty and churning machine of virtuosity that delivers a work of utterly familiar and unoriginal drama. “Birdman” Never Achieves Flight 2014-10-23T04:00:00Z

For a book categorized as fantasy, the book is surprising unoriginal. Five Fantasy Epics That Would Have Made for Better TV Than Game of Thrones 2015-04-19T04:00:00Z

Not the special effects and undies on the outside bit, but that notable amounts of his CV are now comprised of unoriginal concepts: more modest franchises than Batman or Superman but franchises nevertheless. Kevin Smith: 'It's not just dudes who want to see characters in tights' 2015-09-03T04:00:00Z

And an unoriginal one: Like the murderous miniaturist in Pamuk’s earlier novel, “My Name Is Red,” a killer in “The Red-Haired Woman” also disposes of a body in — where else? — the bottom of a well. In Orhan Pamuk’s New Novel, a Youthful Obsession Yields a Haunted Life 2017-10-16T04:00:00Z

Most speculate that Cersei will use wildfire to burn down the city, or at least the Sept. That would be unoriginal. ‘Game of Thrones’ Season 6, Episode 8: I’m Still Me 2016-06-13T04:00:00Z

The whole thing is tripe, really, as unoriginal as it is indigestible. Fabrice Hyber: but is it fruit? 2013-03-26T18:30:10Z

Mr. Botstein will aim to debunk any notion that turn-of-the-century British musical culture was unoriginal, with a program featuring Arthur Bliss’s “Things to Come,” Frank Bridge’s “Phantasm,” Robert Simpson’s “Volcano” and Walton’s Symphony No. 2. Opera and Classical Music Listings for Jan. 31-Feb. 6 2014-01-31T00:02:45Z

The means of Tree’s expirations are unoriginal and not especially scary, but the director, Christopher Landon, maintains a breezy momentum while she wakes, runs, croaks and repeats. Review: Dead Again … and Again in ‘Happy Death Day’ 2017-10-12T04:00:00Z

But smuggled into these shows, even the most revolutionary and cutting edge, is something unoriginal. “Anger Management”: Charlie Sheen’s crass comeback 2012-06-26T15:15:00Z

Taylor Swift is refuting a new lawsuit claiming that her lyrics for the 2014 single “Shake It Off” are unoriginal. Taylor Swift Is Being Sued Over 'Shake It Off' Lyrics 2017-09-19T04:00:00Z

This year was uniquely unoriginal - the four nominated Best Musicals were based on three movies and a TV show, and the four new musicals that weren't nominated all used existing music. 2018 Tony Nominations: ‘Mean Girls’ and ‘SpongeBob’ Lead the Way 2018-05-01T04:00:00Z

With “Searching,” however, the lack of rules leads to both a drama and a technique that are utterly unoriginal. “Searching,” Reviewed: A Lifeless Thriller Plays Out on a Computer Screen 2018-08-27T04:00:00Z

But this tedious, unfunny, screamingly unoriginal romantic adventure film is so flimsy and so insubstantial that it’s practically vaporous. ‘Ghosted’ Review: A C.I.A. Meet Cute 2023-04-20T04:00:00Z

It was a disaster, the 2009 show plagued by wardrobe malfunctions and faulted for unoriginal designs distinguished only by an overabundance of hearts. Why fashion brands are putting celebrities in charge 2023-08-14T04:00:00Z

It’s only for three games this season, but maybe, just maybe they will be doing away with those drab, unoriginal helmets for something more exciting. Browns' alternate helmet less colorful than regular one. But LeBron James likes it 2023-07-18T04:00:00Z

Donald Trump Jr., unoriginal thinker to the end, also used the "international welfare queen" slur. Zelenskyy visit exposes a GOP rift — between actual fascists and everyone else 2022-12-23T05:00:00Z

The thesis of Baker and Glasser’s book is unoriginal, if accurate: Trump posed a unique threat to American democracy. Review | A Trump portrait that raises questions about the media’s role in his rise 2022-09-14T04:00:00Z

It sounds like the premise of an unoriginal horror film: Human beings meddle with the environment to satisfy their own greed, and accidentally unleash a scourge of disgusting bloodsucking insects. A deer-tick virus could cause the next big epidemic 2022-02-22T05:00:00Z

U2, he explained, were originally supposed to be called The Hype, but ditched that plan as the name sounded unoriginal. Bono: U2's name and songs make me cringe 2022-01-19T05:00:00Z

SpaceX challenged the patent as unoriginal and won a split decision. Column: In billionaires' space race, tourism is a sideshow to quest for moon landing contracts 2021-07-13T04:00:00Z

"It is striking just how tedious & unoriginal the rhetoric was in Biden's speech," he added. Twitter shuts down "Uncle Tim" from trending after Republican senator offers GOP response to Biden 2021-04-29T04:00:00Z

My mind envisioned multiple women responding with the same flirty line and I felt embarrassingly unoriginal. L.A. Affairs: Why does dating at 67 feel like high school all over again? 2021-03-06T05:00:00Z

But one thing we can say about Q is that he, she or they are highly unoriginal, mining conspiracy theories as ancient as the anti-Semitic blood libel. Opinion | The Evangelicals Who Are Taking On QAnon 2020-09-17T04:00:00Z

It is exhausting, pretending to find boorish misogynists charming or clever when, in fact, they are banal and unoriginal. How to Handle a ‘Friendly’ Co-Worker Who’s Really a Total Jerk 2020-08-07T04:00:00Z

Riot’s new video game, Valorant, is both a breath of fresh air and completely unoriginal at the same time. Riot’s Valorant isn’t even out yet, but it’s already looking like an esports sensation 2020-04-08T04:00:00Z

At the dawn of the HIV/AIDS crisis, plenty of straight comedians told jokes with stereotypes or false information or targeted the most vulnerable with unoriginal, hack punchlines. The flood of coronavirus jokes is utterly human 2020-03-13T04:00:00Z

Borg-like, unoriginal, instinctively cagey about hard questions for fear they might lead to redistribution, the wealth-hoarders of Wyoming hide in exclusive gated communities and dress up like the rugged ranch workers they admire and envy. Review: The blue-jeaned billionaires ruining Wyoming 2020-02-26T05:00:00Z

Mr. Evans said it’s not that Americans necessarily disliked her at that point, but that they feared being seen as unoriginal. George, Barack or Donald? Partisan division casts a shadow on baby naming 2019-12-26T05:00:00Z

Bland and unoriginal but may still amuse young kids. What to watch with your kids: ‘Jumanji: The Next Level’ and more 2019-12-11T05:00:00Z

Diva status, she wrote, “however undeserved the allowances it gets, is one that’s long been denied to a group of people often characterized as unoriginal robots and mean-for-meanness’ sake Dragon Ladies.” Constance Wu’s Hollywood Destiny 2019-09-16T04:00:00Z

Johnson notes that Zwicky despised what he saw as unoriginal “grey thinking” in fellow researchers. Deciphering dark matter: the remarkable life of Fritz Zwicky 2019-09-02T04:00:00Z

Your sexism is lame and unoriginal, much like your music. Kid Rock slammed for crude tweet about Taylor Swift being a Democrat 2019-08-09T04:00:00Z

Not only do they out you as unoriginal. The new rules of holiday eating: ditch TripAdvisor, embrace disaster, and make a plan for when you're 'hangry' 2019-07-17T04:00:00Z

But rather than just telling a reporter about it, the former coach is taking matters into his own hands on Twitter, and he's discovered how to use GIFs in response to these completely unoriginal jokes. Former NFL coach Jeff Fisher has discovered how to use GIFs on Twitter, and the results are incredible - Golf Digest 2019-04-19T04:00:00Z

She also said that Stormy Daniels, another adult film actress, and her fling with President Trump made her campaign seem unoriginal, hurting her chances. Porn star ends 2020 presidential bid after 17 months, endorses 'my love, Bernie' 2019-01-31T05:00:00Z

As much as I love The Strokes, I really dislike a lot of the post-Strokes bands that I found to be unoriginal. Vampire Weekend: 'I'm a neurotic over-thinker' 2019-01-24T05:00:00Z

This unoriginal insight will shadow your every move, however you try to get where you’re going. Air traffic controllers are tapping military airspace to ease Thanksgiving rush 2018-11-17T05:00:00Z

It's only 90 minutes, but this unoriginal and crude dreck isn't even worth your hour and a half. Review: Melissa McCarthy can't save 'Happytime Murders' from its same tired joke 2018-08-23T04:00:00Z

Through the affordances of terrain, we are alleviated of the burden of originality without always being aware that we are being unoriginal. Take a Photo Here 2018-06-27T04:00:00Z

Together they constituted a cliche factory, a coalition of the mundane, the unoriginal, the blearily predictable and the familiar. Opinion | For Democrats, 2020 should be about one thing 2018-05-28T04:00:00Z

"We will mention the irony of the pig in a police car now so that anyone that thinks they're funny is actually unoriginal and trying too hard," the police quipped. US man calls police on persistent pig 2018-05-21T04:00:00Z

“History repeats itself as farce,” he said, adding: “Kim Jong Un’s ploys are unoriginal and rather lazy.” N. Korea’s Kim pivots to economy as he backs off nuclear testing 2018-04-21T04:00:00Z

Even before the installation was complete, the Chicago Tribune accused Houston of being unoriginal. Stainless steel ‘Cloud Column’ sculpture set up in Houston 2018-03-29T04:00:00Z

"In sum, the lyrics at issue... are too brief, unoriginal, and uncreative to warrant protection under the Copyright Act," he wrote. US Judge disses Taylor Swift 'haters' 2018-02-14T05:00:00Z

In the end, despite a spooky, if unoriginal, atmosphere, and ample jolts and jump scares, “Insidious: The Last Key” is only for franchise completists and hard-core genre enthusiasts with a high schlock tolerance. ‘Insidious: The Last Key’: Horror franchise’s fourth chapter only for die-hard fans 2018-01-04T05:00:00Z

In Beijing, China’s president, Xi Jinping, attained a kind of immortality when his unoriginal thoughts were enshrined in the Communist party constitution. Trump, Putin and Xi: a year of tough-guy leaders and foolish brinkmanship 2017-12-25T05:00:00Z

These are cheaply entertaining but unoriginal gambits, and after two viewings I’m not convinced they’re warranted. Margot Robbie's spirited performance almost skates past the queasy dark comedy of 'I, Tonya' 2017-12-07T05:00:00Z

They were a tad unoriginal - as was the use of the text “LANVIN” emblazoned blurrily across myriad dresses. Jean Reno talks seduction at Lanvin designer’s Paris debut 2017-09-27T04:00:00Z

They were a tad unoriginal — as was the use of the text “LANVIN” emblazoned blurrily across myriad dresses. Jean Reno talks seduction at Lanvin designer’s Paris debut 2017-09-27T04:00:00Z

But it is also the case that they were amateur rappers who copied their styles from more famous figures, and their moods, too, were unoriginal. The first social media suicide 2017-08-29T04:00:00Z

Tech companies are great for providing us with distractions for our idle time Loaded’s gags are somewhat unoriginal, but they work within this context. Loaded reverses Silicon Valley’s failure formula, and embraces the comedy side of startups 2017-07-19T04:00:00Z

“I find Coach to be boring with their brown, unoriginal bags,” tweeted another. Millennials think Coach is ‘boring.’ Will acquiring Kate Spade help? 2017-05-08T04:00:00Z

The white urinal, displayed on its back, was considered unoriginal and not a work of art. New York Today: Easter Monday in Little Poland 2017-04-17T04:00:00Z

The bill is unnecessary, unoriginal and generally undesirable. Editorial Roundup: Recent editorials in Arkansas newspapers 2017-01-31T05:00:00Z

The dark pessimism and conspiracism of Trump’s speech are unoriginal with him. Trump's 'American Carnage' speech resembled an extended tweet | Sidney Blumental 2017-01-21T05:00:00Z

It’s unoriginal and uninspired, just like his decision to uproot the Chargers from their longtime home and flee northward to escape paying for a new stadium in San Diego. Chargers' move to L.A. is just like their new logo: unoriginal and uninspired 2017-01-12T05:00:00Z

Al Dorow came up with the unoriginal but heartfelt retort: “Drop dead.” Remember the last time the Redskins won in Baltimore? (You probably don’t.) 2016-10-07T04:00:00Z

“These statues aren’t art: They are a lazy, unoriginal concept, stolen mind you, from Ilma Gore’s painting which already made this exact same point earlier this year,” she added. Amber Tamblyn blasts naked Trump statues: ‘Body shaming is never OK’ 2016-08-22T04:00:00Z

With such a culture, is it any wonder that plagiarism and unoriginal thinking are so prevalent in Indian science and research? Stop teaching Indians to copy and paste 2016-06-27T04:00:00Z

But his ideas were as unoriginal as they were extreme. It doesn’t get much sadder than this: Marco Rubio’s pathetic — but predictable — about-face on Donald Trump 2016-05-27T04:00:00Z

Let’s face it: Festival style is about as unoriginal as it gets. Kids, your cool Coachella outfit is just another way you’ve sold out to The Man 2016-04-15T04:00:00Z

Panel after panel featured the exact same joke: a character falling victim to the ol' water-bucket-over-the-door prank in a very unoriginal April Fools' Day goof. Why did webcomic artists all post the same comic today, making fools out of us? 2016-04-01T04:00:00Z

“Why is it that the most unoriginal thing we can say to one another is still the thing we long to hear?” I love you, I love you, I love you … why we can’t stop using those three little words 2016-02-13T05:00:00Z

Cal Newport, an assistant professor at Georgetown University and author of the book "So Good They Can't Ignore You," insists the passion mantra is not just unoriginal but also misleading. Having a passion for your work may be overrated as a key to success 2015-11-22T05:00:00Z

That people care so little about these songs they don't notice they're unoriginal? How many national anthems are plagiarised? - BBC News 2015-08-25T04:00:00Z

The Tom Brady allusion is a nice touch, if an unoriginal one. The Moynihan Excuse 2015-08-20T04:00:00Z

“I don’t like using pollsters because they just want to give you a script to read and turn politicians into unoriginal, safe, timid people,” Mr. Trump said. ‘Hamilton’ and the Republican Hopefuls 2015-08-01T04:00:00Z

These are unoriginal though nonetheless tremendously profound insights that bear serious scrutiny; what he makes of them now will separate him not just from Baldwin but also from previous iterations of himself. A black man’s stark, visceral experience of racism 2015-07-09T04:00:00Z

The typical resume is horrendously boring and unoriginal. Please God, No More Zombie Resumes 2015-06-13T04:00:00Z

No doubt he’ll also face a bunch of articles like this one, not to mention far too many unoriginal jokes about his name in the office. Bowser Joins Nintendo As New VP Of Sales 2015-05-20T04:00:00Z

Basic: characterized by predictable or unoriginal style, interests, or behavior. Dictionary.com Adds 'Revenge Porn,' 'Brogrammer' To Its Lexicon 2015-05-06T04:00:00Z

Despite announcing his candidacy with a speech that was substantively unoriginal, historically challenged and rhetorically flaccid, Rubio garnered mostly positive reviews. Marco Rubio’s cynical gambit: Why his slippery stance on immigration is a win-win 2015-04-23T04:00:00Z

Digging up dirt on reporters to avenge bad coverage is not only “a lame-brain idea,” said Milligan but an unoriginal one. Uber's Emil Michael Goes After Bad Media, Pundits React 2014-11-19T05:00:00Z

It’s not shy about embracing the most practical operating system or producing unoriginal designs so long as the final product lives up to its historic standards. This is the new Nokia 2014-11-18T05:00:00Z

And as my extensive review here demonstrates, it elicits strong reactions and is interesting to dissect— even its unoriginal and flawed themes can be grounds for discussion about cinema and history. Review - 'Birdman' Tries Too Hard To Say Too Little 2014-10-24T04:00:00Z

“The two-jobs stab is a bit lame and unoriginal,” he said. Twenty MPs declare over £100,000 from second jobs 2014-10-23T04:00:00Z

What's more, it became "common knowledge" that Crowder didn't closely scrutinize the papers submitted, so students often used unoriginal text, but still received high grades. Thousands of Students Involved in UNC-Chapel Hill Academic Fraud 2014-10-22T04:00:00Z

Many of them dismissed it as full of unoriginal jokes or boring complaints about college life. Yik Yak Wants To Be A News Hub, But It Needs To Grow Up First 2014-10-20T04:00:00Z

Matt Novak, a writer who collects historical visions of the future, called Asimov’s predictions “shockingly restrained – unoriginal, even”. Stop predicting the future. Leave that to the robot who's going to steal your job 2014-08-11T04:00:00Z

Works that are deemed unoriginal — as in, anything that bears too much resemblance to something else — are criticized. This essay isn’t all that original — and that’s okay

Giving in to distraction produces half-formed thoughts, unoriginal thinking, and the same old arguments again and again. Are We Losing The Skills Of Thinking And Concentration? 2014-05-23T04:00:00Z

The US-based system will check an estimated eight million pieces of work from UK students this year, looking for "unoriginal content". Anti-cheat software 'stops working' 2013-12-11T18:19:57Z

“Anyone associated with this sleazy story should be ashamed of themselves — not just for publishing lies, but also for being unoriginal, sloppy and dull,” he told E! Harder Edge From Vanity Fair Chafes Some Big Hollywood Stars 2013-09-09T00:41:10Z

“Cheers” doesn’t actually mean anything, and it’s also mind-bogglingly unoriginal: all that says to your correspondent is “I have neither the wit nor the inclination to come up with any meaningful way to end this”. What your email sign-off really means 2013-07-17T00:28:16Z

Mr. Mashaei has dismissed as “unoriginal” rumors that he has already been barred from running. Iranians Await List of Approved Candidates 2013-05-21T15:27:08Z

But, Quint said, effective marketing also shouldn’t be unoriginal or boring, words more often affixed to Washington and its federal inhabitants than they care to admit. At Bluetext, marketing in the language of Washington 2013-04-21T23:53:20Z

That of the annual PR migration, where flocks of unoriginal, formulaic press releases hit bloggers inboxes. Why Most Cloud Computing Companies are Doomed to Fail 2013-03-21T16:11:49Z

Which means no more granting of patents to things that are clear and obvious and entirely unoriginal. Is This Apple Abusing The Patent System Or The USPTO Abusing It? 2012-11-14T14:03:21Z

Our entire industry looks corrupt, litigious, unoriginal, and highly unstable. Boot up: Ballmer's letter, Google's patents, Android's rotation and more 2012-10-11T05:30:00Z

"Our hope is that Ask Patents will reduce the number of patents mistakenly granted for obvious, unoriginal non-inventions, especially around software," said Stack Exchange boss Joel Spolsky . Public asked to log bogus patents 2012-09-21T10:30:55Z

What was touted as the next genre-defining sci-fi masterpiece is instead a completely unoriginal mash-up of other movies, and the architects of the film seem to think that we are too stupid to notice. Review: 'Prometheus' is a Visually Stunning Epic Failure 2012-06-11T04:23:07Z

As a result, all new games could look extremely alike and unoriginal. For Creators of Video Games, a Faint Line on Cloning 2012-03-12T04:13:11Z

The company is so focused on winning that it is force-feeding customers Google Plus, a product that seems slightly unoriginal for a company as original as Google. Disruptions: For the Internet, No More Innovation for the Fun of It 2012-03-04T18:24:36Z

It is immensely diffuse and pretentious, loaded with digressions, its argument buried under masses of fantastic, uncritical learning, the work of a vigorous but quite unoriginal mind. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 8 "Cube" to "Daguerre, Louis" 2012-01-31T03:00:17.257Z

To dwell longer on the literature of this period would only be to emphasise its scholastic and unoriginal character. A Literary History of the Arabs 2011-11-13T03:00:15.660Z

It’s just unoriginal and and sort of boring. Kornheiser and Wilbon on London Fletcher?s pre-game speech 2011-09-28T04:33:27Z

But the style of most of them is unoriginal, being merely an echo of that of the English Lake School. John Greenleaf Whittier His Life, Genius, and Writings 2011-08-26T02:00:22.667Z

The leading opposition, the Republican People’s Party, or C.H.P., criticized the plan as unoriginal and as one that would benefit construction firms tied to the AKP. Turkey Plans New Canal for Istanbul 2011-04-27T19:22:39Z

So while the man was unoriginal, he wasn't unreasonable. Is it OK to compliment a stranger? 2011-04-12T09:39:01Z

It's a goal as unoriginal as a coach's desire to prevent turnovers or a husband to lose 10 pounds. Seahawks trying to follow a winning draft formula 2011-02-27T04:12:02Z

Originality is the one thing which unoriginal minds cannot feel the use of. On Liberty 2011-01-12T03:00:34.363Z

They say the Mariners hired another drab, unoriginal, vanilla manager who lacks the charisma to get this community excited. Good luck, Eric Wedge -- you'll need it 2010-10-20T01:18:00Z

What results is a stale, unoriginal, and downright boring About page. How to Design a Great "About Us" Page 2010-10-18T06:54:00Z

In some cases, more than 80 percent of a paper’s content was deemed unoriginal. Rampant Fraud Threatens China?s Brisk Ascent 2010-10-07T00:41:00Z

The “local” fried chicken, “Mom’s meatballs” and slice of “birthday cake” for dessert solidify this temple to the unoriginal buzzwords that every new hackneyed restaurant strives for. Taking the Bait: Opening the Restaurant Doesn?t Close the Conversation 2010-09-27T19:27:00Z

With exceptions, luxury websites tend to be showy but unoriginal, since firms often use the same web designers. Selling luxury goods online: The chic learn to click 2010-07-22T11:21:00Z

This experiment, putting together a living bacterium from synthetic components, is clumsy, tedious, unoriginal. Synthetic Cells and the Energy Quest 2010-05-20T20:04:00Z

"They called me very unoriginal names, like 'midget'," she said. Hormone help 2010-05-08T23:35:00Z

"Well, there's no accounting for tastes," he remarked, falling back on that non-committal, if unoriginal aphorism, and redirecting his attention to the roast chicken. A Poached Peerage

He was too lazy or too unoriginal to think, so he kept his mind occupied with insignificant things, and made an ideal clerk. A Canadian Bankclerk

The King's anger knew no bounds when he heard of what had occurred, and physical punishment was, of course, the only means of covering his shame, which occurred to his primitive and unoriginal imagination. In Court and Kampong Being Tales and Sketches of Native Life in the Malay Peninsula

May Liszt perhaps serve as a sample of such—learned, critical, self-conscious, productive, but unoriginal? Lippincott's Magazine, December 1878

Are only the stupid and unoriginal, unattractive ones to have this responsibility? Margarita's Soul The Romantic Recollections of a Man of Fifty

Vile trick of nature, that—poverty-stricken unoriginal creature that she was. Black Oxen

"I must plead guilty to being rather unoriginal," he said, "but I promise you that this little adventure shall not end as did the last." The Green Rust

Are in the dreaming, even as Life and Death, Twin-ministers of the unoriginal Will. The Song of the Sword and Other Verses

I still insist that rich people are to a considerable extent unoriginal and stupid. The Pleasant Street Partnership A Neighborhood Story

She told him that she thought that would be nice, and added that she wished she had a project too, but she was hopelessly unoriginal. The Californians

It is as easy to be unoriginal as it is hard at times to be original. Parkhurst Boys And Other Stories of School Life

And the laugh which greeted this very unoriginal observation closed the conversation for a time. The Willoughby Captains

Nor were they wholly unoriginal in their endeavours to make him feel at home in his new surroundings. Follow My leader The Boys of Templeton

They have been hampered in no way with the banality of school technique learned in the manner of the ever-present and unoriginal copyist. Adventures in the Arts Informal Chapters on Painters, Vaudeville, and Poets

We Americans are rather apt to complain of the comparatively poor, unoriginal showing which our poets have as yet made among those of other civilized nations. The Joyful Heart

The most aggravating thing about unoriginal fellows is that you cannot well get in a rage with them, for if you find fault with them, you find fault with yourselves. Parkhurst Boys And Other Stories of School Life

Scarcely a phrase in his operas and songs moves in a conventional or unoriginal curve. Musical Portraits Interpretations of Twenty Modern Composers

I've been unoriginal enough, I'm afraid, to name my big baby after myself," he said, "my nickname being Eagle. Secret History Revealed By Lady Peggy O'Malley

For, if it were otherwise, it would be thought of our own type—familiar, banal, commonplace, unoriginal. Post-Prandial Philosophy

It may be said that most photoplay producing companies are led to use unoriginal titles because of the poor and inappropriate titles given the stories sent in to them by the authors themselves. Writing the Photoplay

Many a time did the observant butler come upon Baden-Powell in the House Music Room practising his tunes; but not by any means in a dull and unoriginal fashion. The Story of Baden-Powell 'The Wolf That Never Sleeps'

He has become increasingly facile and unoriginal, has taken to quoting unblushingly Mendelssohn, Tchaikowsky, Wagner, himself, even. Musical Portraits Interpretations of Twenty Modern Composers

For they are as hollow as a drum and as unoriginal as a bride-cake: nothing but vacuity with an icing of phrases. Books and Persons Being Comments on a Past Epoch 1908-1911

The language, as language, was unoriginal and of striking monotony, and as to what happened, most people have had experience which will obviate the necessity of going into brutal facts. The Militants Stories of Some Parsons, Soldiers, and Other Fighters in the World

He had done well, though not brilliantly, at college, for his mind, if unoriginal, had never given anybody, not even his mother, the least bit of trouble. Life and Gabriella The Story of a Woman's Courage

Yet, unoriginal though the dominant clergywoman of fiction may be, it cannot be denied that St. Paul's injunctions in connection with the subjection of wives did not commend themselves to Mrs. Cotton. Mount Music

Here was this old reprobation of Freemasonry, repeated in unoriginal language. Lord of the World

She launched with zest upon the somewhat unoriginal thesis, and Cally relapsed into her own thoughts, which were full of rebellion at the bitter untowardness of her fate.... V. V.'s Eyes

The few words he had dashed on to the paper, enraptured at the thought of the happy hours they promised, had become mere jargon, and when he understood the idea it seemed foolish, dull, unoriginal. The Hill of Dreams

It may be admitted that in many instances an effort is made to carry out these entirely unoriginal views, but even in some of our most carefully conducted playhouses there are strange lapses. Our Stage and Its Critics By "E.F.S." of "The Westminster Gazette"

He was her human subject: and she wanted to keep all primitive and barbaric impulses of pop-culture and unoriginal dogmatic religious premises from influencing his brain. Tokyo to Tijuana: Gabriele Departing America

They're a slow unoriginal lot, the police—there's no imagination in their brains and no ingenuity in their minds. Dead Men's Money

Nothing could have been more commonplace or unoriginal, but to Tyler Kamps the brilliance of a Madame de Stael would have sounded trivial and uninteresting in comparison. Cheerful—By Request

"Why will people waste their time writing unoriginal music, when they might be sweeping crossings?" Dreams

He is in the main unoriginal in diction, Statius in composition. Post-Augustan Poetry From Seneca to Juvenal

Well, dear, I do remember hearing men, and not worldly men, as you call them, either, say that his work for civic reform amounted to very little and that his books were thin and unoriginal. A Fountain Sealed

That reason kills poetry is the unoriginal theme of a recent poem. The Poet's Poet : essays on the character and mission of the poet as interpreted in English verse of the last one hundred and fifty years

Pilniak is without a doubt a writer of considerable ability, but he is essentially unoriginal and derivative. Tales of the Wilderness

It was all as old and unoriginal as original sin. We Can't Have Everything

But he is only a very inferior sort of official indeed, a mere clerk of the post, and he has all the guarded reserve of your thoroughly unoriginal man. A Modern Utopia

Better criticism and greater freedom for fiction might vitalize our overabundant, unoriginal, unreal, unversatile,—everything but unformed short story. Definitions: Essays in Contemporary Criticism

He would return a purse, I am sure, upon discovering that he had obtained it by an unoriginal diddle. The Works of Edgar Allan Poe — Volume 4

Brown’s chief ambition in life is to be original, and his method of obtaining the original is to take the unoriginal and turn it upside down. Novel Notes

The Marquis is a dullard whose wooing takes the form at best of stilted compliments, stupid and unoriginal. Scaramouche

"Because it was what so many other women might be likely to say so awfully unoriginal, in fact?" The Glimpses of the Moon

单词	unoriginal
例句	unoriginal Too eager, too anxious—an imitative and unoriginal pupil. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Penelope found his imagery quaint, if a tad unoriginal, but knew better than to say so. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z But when I said it, I felt stupid and unoriginal. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z “I know it’s totally unoriginal but you ve never been and I love that I get to show you Paris!” Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z But I was afraid long before you, and in this I was unoriginal. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z “The only thing more unoriginal is helping puppies find homes.” The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z And “Manifest,” a new drama on NBC premiering Monday, is decidedly unoriginal. Review: The Mystery Plane of ‘Manifest’ Flies to Dullness 2018-09-23T04:00:00Z It has also made it bad form — not just uncompetitive and unoriginal — to do something as 20th century as naming your fashion line after yourself. No One Forgets a Fashion Labels Name When It’s Strange 2013-02-06T22:27:56Z So you feel that contemporary British novels from the literary establishment are unoriginal and not up to scratch? Will Self, on himself 2012-08-20T11:45:00Z Why, though, does Letters to Juliet have to be so staggeringly unoriginal? Letters to Juliet is corny as Kansas. Great! 2010-06-14T09:45:00Z As dance, the show is simple and unoriginal — yet exceptionally effective. How to Command a Stage Without Great Dance Moves (Taylor’s Version) 2023-08-09T04:00:00Z For instance, implying that a sinister ruling cabal wants to turn America into a police state: that’s provocative, if unoriginal in rock. Critics? Choice: New CDs 2010-02-28T23:00:00Z In the midst of "Safe House's" predictable mayhem and unoriginal plotting, Washington is fun to watch as he outsmarts everyone again and again. 'Safe House': Denzel is a fun break from walls of familiarity 2012-02-08T20:22:04Z This is the kind of new work that seems to have always been there — not because it is unoriginal, but because it takes its place effortlessly in a living tradition. Review: At SSO, music both new and attractive 2011-06-03T18:20:54Z But after making the Top 12, Garcia was repeatedly slammed for being unoriginal and failing to show personality. Rejected "Idol" Andrew Garcia rejects "boring" jibes 2010-04-15T19:42:00Z “Transcendence” traffics in a lot of interesting ideas, but does so in unoriginal ways. ‘Transcendence’: a cyber drama that’s slow to upload 2014-04-16T22:46:43Z It was a joke both entirely unoriginal in its construction and deeply revealing of precisely why broadcast TV tends so frequently to lose to cable at this telecast. At the Emmys, Great Winners Overshadowed a Negative Host 2016-09-18T04:00:00Z A spectacularly dull, utterly unoriginal and inconceivably ill-judged wodge of lifeless tripe has been thrust upon the moviegoing public, and they have lapped it up like flies in a bowl of sugar. Post-credits scene: Killers 2010-06-22T10:26:00Z On the other hand, poking at the unknown with a fork and saying "I don't like it, I haven't tried it" is as unadventurous and unoriginal as the books I hope to avoid. My verdict on books I haven't read 2012-07-29T20:30:01Z It’s all supposed to be mindless fun, but the jokes are too unsophisticated and unoriginal to justify the damage. Review: In ‘Kevin From Work,’ Caricatures Are the Rule 2015-08-10T04:00:00Z The fact that they changed it to all woman seems like a ploy and a cover up for bad and unoriginal... Our ‘Ghostbusters’ Review: Girls Rule. Women Are Funny. Get Over It. 2016-07-10T04:00:00Z And by “unoriginal” Williams means that Merton was not the kind of genius who was always himself, always some distinctive “original” force, but rather was “dramatically absorbed by every environment” that he found himself in. The Modern Monkhood of Thomas Merton 2018-12-28T05:00:00Z Contemporary R&B is often criticized for lacking substance or being unoriginal, or even if it does pay homage, being devoid of whatever made its inspiration exceptional. Ari Lennox is R&B’s next star. Ask anyone (except her). 2019-07-23T04:00:00Z “The choice was so heroic and unoriginal that it left them forever after with a feeling of gaping vacuity,” he writes. In Robert Lowell’s ‘Memoirs,’ Mental Illness, Creative Friends and a Takedown of Dad 2022-07-25T04:00:00Z As the Oxford English Dictionary writes, a cliché is a phrase "regarded as unoriginal or trite due to overuse." Clichés may grate like nails on a chalkboard, but one person’s cliché is another’s sliced bread 2021-11-15T05:00:00Z Salon's review said Wallace's approach to journalism "makes the rest of us feel hollow for being so unoriginal in our writing and in our lives". Karen Green on life after suicide 2011-04-09T23:04:02Z It’s almost shocking to observe how painstakingly unoriginal Mr. Lubovitch’s dances are, how few facets of Shakespeare’s tragedy they address in some 125 minutes, and how coarse their quality of dramatic expression is. Review: ‘Othello’ Is Performed by the American Ballet Theater 2015-05-20T04:00:00Z The sin of “Ted” is not that it is offensive but that it is boring, lazy and wildly unoriginal. Movie Review: ‘Ted,’ by Seth MacFarlane, With Mark Wahlberg and Mila Kunis 2012-06-28T12:00:00Z There was enormous social pressure to engage in what is obviously a folly: to begin adulthood by lying, by making up fraudulent histories, by pretending that you’re independent, by grotesque and unoriginal conspicuous consumption. Your wedding's been cancelled by the coronavirus lockdown? Good 2020-06-10T04:00:00Z When I finally visited New York for the first time, I did the most unoriginal possible thing and fell in love with it. When a Sinister Enemy Attacks New York, the City Fights Back 2020-03-24T04:00:00Z In the four works of hers I’ve seen since 2009, her dances strike me as obviously limited, largely unoriginal, though not devoid of interest. Dance Review: Sarah Michelson’s ‘4,’ at the Whitney, Continues a Series 2014-01-26T22:09:19Z “It’s extremely unoriginal,” said Will Corwin, a sculptor and New York art critic. Artist or Artifice: Who Is Adam Himebauch? 2022-12-14T05:00:00Z If there’s any courage in making pop as unoriginal as this, it’s that your victories will always belong to someone else while the failures fall square on you. Review \| It’s Taylor Swift’s world. The rest of us just go insane in it. 2017-11-10T05:00:00Z But the judge ruled they were "too general for copyright protection... or are commonly used, unoriginal ideas". Matrix did not plagiarise judge says 2014-04-29T08:39:35Z Heaven knows the past decade of mostly dreary jukebox musicals offers vivid proof that unoriginal music far more regularly inspires unoriginal theater. Tony Nominations Prove the Musical Has Lost Its Voice 2010-06-11T04:31:00Z Worse than being unoriginal, though, “Grand Finale” soon becomes an array of mere effects. Review: Doom, Doom Everywhere (and Just a Drop of Joy) 2017-11-10T05:00:00Z The term originated in hip-hop and was co-opted by white women, and somewhere in that process, pumpkin spice became the ultimate symbol of basicness — sweet, bland, unoriginal. I used every pumpkin spice product I could find for a week. Now my armpits smell like nutmeg. 2017-09-13T04:00:00Z It's a reminder that mindless entertainment can still be well-made, and, more importantly, that just because a story is an homage, a remake or a sequel doesn't mean it has to be unoriginal. Forget "The Rise of Skywalker" — the only "Star Wars" sequel you need is this episode of "Community" 2019-12-26T05:00:00Z So they’re still unoriginal, just in a slightly more well-rounded way. The Good, the Bad and the Jazzy: What ‘Cowboy Bebop’ Gets Right and Wrong 2021-11-23T05:00:00Z While the filmmakers manage some entertaining fight sequences, they offer a standard-issue gang of heroes backed by a vague, unoriginal mythology about human-looking aliens finding refuge on Earth after their planet is destroyed. Capsule reviews: 'I Am Number Four,' 'Unknown' 2011-02-17T19:55:16Z Bron, he reveals, is the murderer, but he’s no criminal mastermind; he’s stupid, and, to Blanc’s disgust, even unoriginal when it comes to plotting his friends’ deaths. At the Movies, Bagels, Onions and a Side Dish of Nothing 2023-01-18T05:00:00Z But whereas its five new ballets of fall 2015 were all fresh affairs that gave hope for the future of ballet, the two on Wednesday were slickly unoriginal. New York City Ballet Opens a Spring Gala, and Some Umbrellas 2016-05-05T04:00:00Z Bt mayoral candidate Jack Yan - who contacted the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce in a bid to stall the sign's go-ahead - has deemed it "tacky and unoriginal". Peter Jackson's Wellywood sign faces legal challenge 2010-03-12T11:26:00Z Rather it’s a bland, unoriginal action thriller about an entirely predictable quest for revenge. Review: ‘There Are No Saints.’ Neither Are There New Plots. 2022-05-26T04:00:00Z The acting in De Palma’s films is apt and vigorous, even engagingly hectic, but unoriginal. The Brian De Palma Conundrum 2016-06-02T04:00:00Z In 1978, marking the tenth anniversary of Merton’s death, a young Anglican theologian named Rowan Williams wrote, “Merton’s genius was largely that he was a massively unoriginal man.” The Modern Monkhood of Thomas Merton 2018-12-28T05:00:00Z And at a certain point it all seemed so unoriginal. \| Q&A : The Many Lives of a Potter 2013-06-05T22:44:28Z 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? Don't blame me: The Beyoncé and Taylor Swift reporter jobs are not what they seem 2023-09-13T04:00:00Z The playing dazzles, but the piece itself is at times unoriginal. Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra/Dudamel – review 2012-06-27T09:16:41Z I mean, unoriginal,” she corrects, then corrects again: “I mean, both.” Theater Review: ‘Somewhere Fun,’ by Jenny Schwartz, at Vineyard Theater 2013-06-05T02:00:01Z "It might confuse us into thinking what we do is unoriginal." Crystal Fighters: Bringing Basque the beats 2011-03-28T20:44:00Z There's a lot more to London musicals than big-budget, unoriginal tosh; to find it you just have to cast your net a little wider. Some musical theatre is still on song 2011-02-07T17:33:44Z Some are basic, unoriginal to him: stronger unions, a universal basic income. Kurt Andersen Asks: What Is the Future of America? 2020-08-11T04:00:00Z Their relationship with their granddaughter is worth trashing to make a couple of unoriginal and barely actionable points? Perspective \| Carolyn Hax: How to talk to a semi-estranged daughter about her abusive spouse 2019-09-05T04:00:00Z “It is repetitive, unoriginal, simplistic and frustratingly short.” At 93, Former Resistance Fighter Goads France to Outrage 2011-03-09T10:30:05Z It's a derivative endeavor, with echoes of everything from Dr. Frankenstein's creation to the Tin Man in "The Wizard of Oz," but being unoriginal is far from its biggest problem. Oddly, the robot is the least robotic thing about 'Chappie' 2015-03-05T05:00:00Z As a play to her fan base it’s ingenious, and yet “Pieces of Me,” the song, sags under its unoriginal premise and noble self-regard. New Music 2011-06-13T22:00:32Z There are worse crimes in the TV world than being unoriginal. Review: The Mystery Plane of ‘Manifest’ Flies to Dullness 2018-09-23T04:00:00Z The scenes are formulaic and unoriginal, but also widely popular and profitable. 7 surprising ways porn is changing 2015-08-02T04:00:00Z Although the characters repeatedly express their worship of “original art” in gilded frames, the script consists of singularly unoriginal dialogue. ‘Brush with Danger’: Siblings use skills to survive in Seattle 2014-09-25T04:00:00Z It is widely thought to represent “all that is tacky, tasteless, earnest, sentimental, worthless, simplistic, poorly crafted, unoriginal, frivolous, redundant and common,” Mr. Eliason writes. Antiques: Elvis and Toreadors, Aglow on Black Velvet 2011-02-03T22:55:03Z It’s always been easy to see the perspective of people who find TLI annoying; the post-Sandler immaturity that’s served as a basis for so much of their comedy can be predictable and unoriginal. The Lonely Island Make Funny on The Wack Album 2013-06-14T18:49:47Z Gadget of choice: I know it’s unoriginal but I love my iPad. \| Sara Rotman 2010-10-20T15:28:00Z Finally, Jonathan Meades’s “The Plagiarist in the Kitchen: A Lifetime’s Culinary Theft,” a defiant cookbook written “in praise of the unoriginal,” is delicious to read and even better to cook from. Times Critics Discuss the Year in Books, From Triumphs to Disappointments 2018-12-04T05:00:00Z My blog post about Patton was entirely unoriginal, as it merely repeated information that had been published in The New York Times, The Atlantic.com, Salon, Forbes.com and Slate. “Princeton Mom” gets schooled at her alma mater 2014-04-22T12:00:00Z The fact that they changed it to all woman seems like a ploy and a cover up for bad and unoriginal ideas. Our ‘Ghostbusters’ Review: Girls Rule. Women Are Funny. Get Over It. 2016-07-10T04:00:00Z It’s as if his sense of graceful beauty—an ordinary, unoriginal, and unsurprising one—rested on the warm cushion of money that is itself the movie’s unspoken subject. What’s Missing from “Foxcatcher” 2014-11-19T05:00:00Z And, however unoriginal the premise, his mimicking of the Olympics dressage event is a physical comedy gem. Eddie Izzard – review 2013-05-08T16:52:16Z The film tries so hard to be slick, but its efforts are both unoriginal and painfully amateurish. ‘Die in a Gunfight’ Review: Another Tale of Star-Crossed Lovers 2021-07-15T04:00:00Z Lost inside “An Economist Gets Lunch” are some worthy if unoriginal arguments. Books of The Times: ?An Economist Gets Lunch,? by Tyler Cowen 2012-04-10T15:38:44Z The ubiquitousness of certain words in band names ends up making those bands sound unoriginal. Ask the indie professor: Why so many bad band names? 2011-03-22T19:11:50Z It’s a white elephant of a movie that conceals a mouse of timid wisdom, a mighty and churning machine of virtuosity that delivers a work of utterly familiar and unoriginal drama. “Birdman” Never Achieves Flight 2014-10-23T04:00:00Z For a book categorized as fantasy, the book is surprising unoriginal. Five Fantasy Epics That Would Have Made for Better TV Than Game of Thrones 2015-04-19T04:00:00Z Not the special effects and undies on the outside bit, but that notable amounts of his CV are now comprised of unoriginal concepts: more modest franchises than Batman or Superman but franchises nevertheless. Kevin Smith: 'It's not just dudes who want to see characters in tights' 2015-09-03T04:00:00Z And an unoriginal one: Like the murderous miniaturist in Pamuk’s earlier novel, “My Name Is Red,” a killer in “The Red-Haired Woman” also disposes of a body in — where else? — the bottom of a well. In Orhan Pamuk’s New Novel, a Youthful Obsession Yields a Haunted Life 2017-10-16T04:00:00Z Most speculate that Cersei will use wildfire to burn down the city, or at least the Sept. That would be unoriginal. ‘Game of Thrones’ Season 6, Episode 8: I’m Still Me 2016-06-13T04:00:00Z The whole thing is tripe, really, as unoriginal as it is indigestible. Fabrice Hyber: but is it fruit? 2013-03-26T18:30:10Z Mr. Botstein will aim to debunk any notion that turn-of-the-century British musical culture was unoriginal, with a program featuring Arthur Bliss’s “Things to Come,” Frank Bridge’s “Phantasm,” Robert Simpson’s “Volcano” and Walton’s Symphony No. 2. Opera and Classical Music Listings for Jan. 31-Feb. 6 2014-01-31T00:02:45Z The means of Tree’s expirations are unoriginal and not especially scary, but the director, Christopher Landon, maintains a breezy momentum while she wakes, runs, croaks and repeats. Review: Dead Again … and Again in ‘Happy Death Day’ 2017-10-12T04:00:00Z But smuggled into these shows, even the most revolutionary and cutting edge, is something unoriginal. “Anger Management”: Charlie Sheen’s crass comeback 2012-06-26T15:15:00Z Taylor Swift is refuting a new lawsuit claiming that her lyrics for the 2014 single “Shake It Off” are unoriginal. Taylor Swift Is Being Sued Over 'Shake It Off' Lyrics 2017-09-19T04:00:00Z This year was uniquely unoriginal - the four nominated Best Musicals were based on three movies and a TV show, and the four new musicals that weren't nominated all used existing music. 2018 Tony Nominations: ‘Mean Girls’ and ‘SpongeBob’ Lead the Way 2018-05-01T04:00:00Z With “Searching,” however, the lack of rules leads to both a drama and a technique that are utterly unoriginal. “Searching,” Reviewed: A Lifeless Thriller Plays Out on a Computer Screen 2018-08-27T04:00:00Z But this tedious, unfunny, screamingly unoriginal romantic adventure film is so flimsy and so insubstantial that it’s practically vaporous. ‘Ghosted’ Review: A C.I.A. Meet Cute 2023-04-20T04:00:00Z It was a disaster, the 2009 show plagued by wardrobe malfunctions and faulted for unoriginal designs distinguished only by an overabundance of hearts. Why fashion brands are putting celebrities in charge 2023-08-14T04:00:00Z It’s only for three games this season, but maybe, just maybe they will be doing away with those drab, unoriginal helmets for something more exciting. Browns' alternate helmet less colorful than regular one. But LeBron James likes it 2023-07-18T04:00:00Z Donald Trump Jr., unoriginal thinker to the end, also used the "international welfare queen" slur. Zelenskyy visit exposes a GOP rift — between actual fascists and everyone else 2022-12-23T05:00:00Z The thesis of Baker and Glasser’s book is unoriginal, if accurate: Trump posed a unique threat to American democracy. Review \| A Trump portrait that raises questions about the media’s role in his rise 2022-09-14T04:00:00Z It sounds like the premise of an unoriginal horror film: Human beings meddle with the environment to satisfy their own greed, and accidentally unleash a scourge of disgusting bloodsucking insects. A deer-tick virus could cause the next big epidemic 2022-02-22T05:00:00Z U2, he explained, were originally supposed to be called The Hype, but ditched that plan as the name sounded unoriginal. Bono: U2's name and songs make me cringe 2022-01-19T05:00:00Z SpaceX challenged the patent as unoriginal and won a split decision. Column: In billionaires' space race, tourism is a sideshow to quest for moon landing contracts 2021-07-13T04:00:00Z "It is striking just how tedious & unoriginal the rhetoric was in Biden's speech," he added. Twitter shuts down "Uncle Tim" from trending after Republican senator offers GOP response to Biden 2021-04-29T04:00:00Z My mind envisioned multiple women responding with the same flirty line and I felt embarrassingly unoriginal. L.A. Affairs: Why does dating at 67 feel like high school all over again? 2021-03-06T05:00:00Z But one thing we can say about Q is that he, she or they are highly unoriginal, mining conspiracy theories as ancient as the anti-Semitic blood libel. Opinion \| The Evangelicals Who Are Taking On QAnon 2020-09-17T04:00:00Z It is exhausting, pretending to find boorish misogynists charming or clever when, in fact, they are banal and unoriginal. How to Handle a ‘Friendly’ Co-Worker Who’s Really a Total Jerk 2020-08-07T04:00:00Z Riot’s new video game, Valorant, is both a breath of fresh air and completely unoriginal at the same time. Riot’s Valorant isn’t even out yet, but it’s already looking like an esports sensation 2020-04-08T04:00:00Z At the dawn of the HIV/AIDS crisis, plenty of straight comedians told jokes with stereotypes or false information or targeted the most vulnerable with unoriginal, hack punchlines. The flood of coronavirus jokes is utterly human 2020-03-13T04:00:00Z Borg-like, unoriginal, instinctively cagey about hard questions for fear they might lead to redistribution, the wealth-hoarders of Wyoming hide in exclusive gated communities and dress up like the rugged ranch workers they admire and envy. Review: The blue-jeaned billionaires ruining Wyoming 2020-02-26T05:00:00Z Mr. Evans said it’s not that Americans necessarily disliked her at that point, but that they feared being seen as unoriginal. George, Barack or Donald? Partisan division casts a shadow on baby naming 2019-12-26T05:00:00Z Bland and unoriginal but may still amuse young kids. What to watch with your kids: ‘Jumanji: The Next Level’ and more 2019-12-11T05:00:00Z Diva status, she wrote, “however undeserved the allowances it gets, is one that’s long been denied to a group of people often characterized as unoriginal robots and mean-for-meanness’ sake Dragon Ladies.” Constance Wu’s Hollywood Destiny 2019-09-16T04:00:00Z Johnson notes that Zwicky despised what he saw as unoriginal “grey thinking” in fellow researchers. Deciphering dark matter: the remarkable life of Fritz Zwicky 2019-09-02T04:00:00Z Your sexism is lame and unoriginal, much like your music. Kid Rock slammed for crude tweet about Taylor Swift being a Democrat 2019-08-09T04:00:00Z Not only do they out you as unoriginal. The new rules of holiday eating: ditch TripAdvisor, embrace disaster, and make a plan for when you're 'hangry' 2019-07-17T04:00:00Z But rather than just telling a reporter about it, the former coach is taking matters into his own hands on Twitter, and he's discovered how to use GIFs in response to these completely unoriginal jokes. Former NFL coach Jeff Fisher has discovered how to use GIFs on Twitter, and the results are incredible - Golf Digest 2019-04-19T04:00:00Z She also said that Stormy Daniels, another adult film actress, and her fling with President Trump made her campaign seem unoriginal, hurting her chances. Porn star ends 2020 presidential bid after 17 months, endorses 'my love, Bernie' 2019-01-31T05:00:00Z As much as I love The Strokes, I really dislike a lot of the post-Strokes bands that I found to be unoriginal. Vampire Weekend: 'I'm a neurotic over-thinker' 2019-01-24T05:00:00Z This unoriginal insight will shadow your every move, however you try to get where you’re going. Air traffic controllers are tapping military airspace to ease Thanksgiving rush 2018-11-17T05:00:00Z It's only 90 minutes, but this unoriginal and crude dreck isn't even worth your hour and a half. Review: Melissa McCarthy can't save 'Happytime Murders' from its same tired joke 2018-08-23T04:00:00Z Through the affordances of terrain, we are alleviated of the burden of originality without always being aware that we are being unoriginal. Take a Photo Here 2018-06-27T04:00:00Z Together they constituted a cliche factory, a coalition of the mundane, the unoriginal, the blearily predictable and the familiar. Opinion \| For Democrats, 2020 should be about one thing 2018-05-28T04:00:00Z "We will mention the irony of the pig in a police car now so that anyone that thinks they're funny is actually unoriginal and trying too hard," the police quipped. US man calls police on persistent pig 2018-05-21T04:00:00Z “History repeats itself as farce,” he said, adding: “Kim Jong Un’s ploys are unoriginal and rather lazy.” N. Korea’s Kim pivots to economy as he backs off nuclear testing 2018-04-21T04:00:00Z Even before the installation was complete, the Chicago Tribune accused Houston of being unoriginal. Stainless steel ‘Cloud Column’ sculpture set up in Houston 2018-03-29T04:00:00Z "In sum, the lyrics at issue... are too brief, unoriginal, and uncreative to warrant protection under the Copyright Act," he wrote. US Judge disses Taylor Swift 'haters' 2018-02-14T05:00:00Z In the end, despite a spooky, if unoriginal, atmosphere, and ample jolts and jump scares, “Insidious: The Last Key” is only for franchise completists and hard-core genre enthusiasts with a high schlock tolerance. ‘Insidious: The Last Key’: Horror franchise’s fourth chapter only for die-hard fans 2018-01-04T05:00:00Z In Beijing, China’s president, Xi Jinping, attained a kind of immortality when his unoriginal thoughts were enshrined in the Communist party constitution. Trump, Putin and Xi: a year of tough-guy leaders and foolish brinkmanship 2017-12-25T05:00:00Z These are cheaply entertaining but unoriginal gambits, and after two viewings I’m not convinced they’re warranted. Margot Robbie's spirited performance almost skates past the queasy dark comedy of 'I, Tonya' 2017-12-07T05:00:00Z They were a tad unoriginal - as was the use of the text “LANVIN” emblazoned blurrily across myriad dresses. Jean Reno talks seduction at Lanvin designer’s Paris debut 2017-09-27T04:00:00Z They were a tad unoriginal — as was the use of the text “LANVIN” emblazoned blurrily across myriad dresses. Jean Reno talks seduction at Lanvin designer’s Paris debut 2017-09-27T04:00:00Z But it is also the case that they were amateur rappers who copied their styles from more famous figures, and their moods, too, were unoriginal. The first social media suicide 2017-08-29T04:00:00Z Tech companies are great for providing us with distractions for our idle time Loaded’s gags are somewhat unoriginal, but they work within this context. Loaded reverses Silicon Valley’s failure formula, and embraces the comedy side of startups 2017-07-19T04:00:00Z “I find Coach to be boring with their brown, unoriginal bags,” tweeted another. Millennials think Coach is ‘boring.’ Will acquiring Kate Spade help? 2017-05-08T04:00:00Z The white urinal, displayed on its back, was considered unoriginal and not a work of art. New York Today: Easter Monday in Little Poland 2017-04-17T04:00:00Z The bill is unnecessary, unoriginal and generally undesirable. Editorial Roundup: Recent editorials in Arkansas newspapers 2017-01-31T05:00:00Z The dark pessimism and conspiracism of Trump’s speech are unoriginal with him. Trump's 'American Carnage' speech resembled an extended tweet \| Sidney Blumental 2017-01-21T05:00:00Z It’s unoriginal and uninspired, just like his decision to uproot the Chargers from their longtime home and flee northward to escape paying for a new stadium in San Diego. Chargers' move to L.A. is just like their new logo: unoriginal and uninspired 2017-01-12T05:00:00Z Al Dorow came up with the unoriginal but heartfelt retort: “Drop dead.” Remember the last time the Redskins won in Baltimore? (You probably don’t.) 2016-10-07T04:00:00Z “These statues aren’t art: They are a lazy, unoriginal concept, stolen mind you, from Ilma Gore’s painting which already made this exact same point earlier this year,” she added. Amber Tamblyn blasts naked Trump statues: ‘Body shaming is never OK’ 2016-08-22T04:00:00Z With such a culture, is it any wonder that plagiarism and unoriginal thinking are so prevalent in Indian science and research? Stop teaching Indians to copy and paste 2016-06-27T04:00:00Z But his ideas were as unoriginal as they were extreme. It doesn’t get much sadder than this: Marco Rubio’s pathetic — but predictable — about-face on Donald Trump 2016-05-27T04:00:00Z Let’s face it: Festival style is about as unoriginal as it gets. Kids, your cool Coachella outfit is just another way you’ve sold out to The Man 2016-04-15T04:00:00Z Panel after panel featured the exact same joke: a character falling victim to the ol' water-bucket-over-the-door prank in a very unoriginal April Fools' Day goof. Why did webcomic artists all post the same comic today, making fools out of us? 2016-04-01T04:00:00Z “Why is it that the most unoriginal thing we can say to one another is still the thing we long to hear?” I love you, I love you, I love you … why we can’t stop using those three little words 2016-02-13T05:00:00Z Cal Newport, an assistant professor at Georgetown University and author of the book "So Good They Can't Ignore You," insists the passion mantra is not just unoriginal but also misleading. Having a passion for your work may be overrated as a key to success 2015-11-22T05:00:00Z That people care so little about these songs they don't notice they're unoriginal? How many national anthems are plagiarised? - BBC News 2015-08-25T04:00:00Z The Tom Brady allusion is a nice touch, if an unoriginal one. The Moynihan Excuse 2015-08-20T04:00:00Z “I don’t like using pollsters because they just want to give you a script to read and turn politicians into unoriginal, safe, timid people,” Mr. Trump said. ‘Hamilton’ and the Republican Hopefuls 2015-08-01T04:00:00Z These are unoriginal though nonetheless tremendously profound insights that bear serious scrutiny; what he makes of them now will separate him not just from Baldwin but also from previous iterations of himself. A black man’s stark, visceral experience of racism 2015-07-09T04:00:00Z The typical resume is horrendously boring and unoriginal. Please God, No More Zombie Resumes 2015-06-13T04:00:00Z No doubt he’ll also face a bunch of articles like this one, not to mention far too many unoriginal jokes about his name in the office. Bowser Joins Nintendo As New VP Of Sales 2015-05-20T04:00:00Z Basic: characterized by predictable or unoriginal style, interests, or behavior. Dictionary.com Adds 'Revenge Porn,' 'Brogrammer' To Its Lexicon 2015-05-06T04:00:00Z Despite announcing his candidacy with a speech that was substantively unoriginal, historically challenged and rhetorically flaccid, Rubio garnered mostly positive reviews. Marco Rubio’s cynical gambit: Why his slippery stance on immigration is a win-win 2015-04-23T04:00:00Z Digging up dirt on reporters to avenge bad coverage is not only “a lame-brain idea,” said Milligan but an unoriginal one. Uber's Emil Michael Goes After Bad Media, Pundits React 2014-11-19T05:00:00Z It’s not shy about embracing the most practical operating system or producing unoriginal designs so long as the final product lives up to its historic standards. This is the new Nokia 2014-11-18T05:00:00Z And as my extensive review here demonstrates, it elicits strong reactions and is interesting to dissect— even its unoriginal and flawed themes can be grounds for discussion about cinema and history. Review - 'Birdman' Tries Too Hard To Say Too Little 2014-10-24T04:00:00Z “The two-jobs stab is a bit lame and unoriginal,” he said. Twenty MPs declare over £100,000 from second jobs 2014-10-23T04:00:00Z What's more, it became "common knowledge" that Crowder didn't closely scrutinize the papers submitted, so students often used unoriginal text, but still received high grades. Thousands of Students Involved in UNC-Chapel Hill Academic Fraud 2014-10-22T04:00:00Z Many of them dismissed it as full of unoriginal jokes or boring complaints about college life. Yik Yak Wants To Be A News Hub, But It Needs To Grow Up First 2014-10-20T04:00:00Z Matt Novak, a writer who collects historical visions of the future, called Asimov’s predictions “shockingly restrained – unoriginal, even”. Stop predicting the future. Leave that to the robot who's going to steal your job 2014-08-11T04:00:00Z Works that are deemed unoriginal — as in, anything that bears too much resemblance to something else — are criticized. This essay isn’t all that original — and that’s okay Giving in to distraction produces half-formed thoughts, unoriginal thinking, and the same old arguments again and again. Are We Losing The Skills Of Thinking And Concentration? 2014-05-23T04:00:00Z The US-based system will check an estimated eight million pieces of work from UK students this year, looking for "unoriginal content". Anti-cheat software 'stops working' 2013-12-11T18:19:57Z “Anyone associated with this sleazy story should be ashamed of themselves — not just for publishing lies, but also for being unoriginal, sloppy and dull,” he told E! Harder Edge From Vanity Fair Chafes Some Big Hollywood Stars 2013-09-09T00:41:10Z “Cheers” doesn’t actually mean anything, and it’s also mind-bogglingly unoriginal: all that says to your correspondent is “I have neither the wit nor the inclination to come up with any meaningful way to end this”. What your email sign-off really means 2013-07-17T00:28:16Z Mr. Mashaei has dismissed as “unoriginal” rumors that he has already been barred from running. Iranians Await List of Approved Candidates 2013-05-21T15:27:08Z But, Quint said, effective marketing also shouldn’t be unoriginal or boring, words more often affixed to Washington and its federal inhabitants than they care to admit. At Bluetext, marketing in the language of Washington 2013-04-21T23:53:20Z That of the annual PR migration, where flocks of unoriginal, formulaic press releases hit bloggers inboxes. Why Most Cloud Computing Companies are Doomed to Fail 2013-03-21T16:11:49Z Which means no more granting of patents to things that are clear and obvious and entirely unoriginal. Is This Apple Abusing The Patent System Or The USPTO Abusing It? 2012-11-14T14:03:21Z Our entire industry looks corrupt, litigious, unoriginal, and highly unstable. Boot up: Ballmer's letter, Google's patents, Android's rotation and more 2012-10-11T05:30:00Z "Our hope is that Ask Patents will reduce the number of patents mistakenly granted for obvious, unoriginal non-inventions, especially around software," said Stack Exchange boss Joel Spolsky . Public asked to log bogus patents 2012-09-21T10:30:55Z What was touted as the next genre-defining sci-fi masterpiece is instead a completely unoriginal mash-up of other movies, and the architects of the film seem to think that we are too stupid to notice. Review: 'Prometheus' is a Visually Stunning Epic Failure 2012-06-11T04:23:07Z As a result, all new games could look extremely alike and unoriginal. For Creators of Video Games, a Faint Line on Cloning 2012-03-12T04:13:11Z The company is so focused on winning that it is force-feeding customers Google Plus, a product that seems slightly unoriginal for a company as original as Google. Disruptions: For the Internet, No More Innovation for the Fun of It 2012-03-04T18:24:36Z It is immensely diffuse and pretentious, loaded with digressions, its argument buried under masses of fantastic, uncritical learning, the work of a vigorous but quite unoriginal mind. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 8 "Cube" to "Daguerre, Louis" 2012-01-31T03:00:17.257Z To dwell longer on the literature of this period would only be to emphasise its scholastic and unoriginal character. A Literary History of the Arabs 2011-11-13T03:00:15.660Z It’s just unoriginal and and sort of boring. Kornheiser and Wilbon on London Fletcher?s pre-game speech 2011-09-28T04:33:27Z But the style of most of them is unoriginal, being merely an echo of that of the English Lake School. John Greenleaf Whittier His Life, Genius, and Writings 2011-08-26T02:00:22.667Z The leading opposition, the Republican People’s Party, or C.H.P., criticized the plan as unoriginal and as one that would benefit construction firms tied to the AKP. Turkey Plans New Canal for Istanbul 2011-04-27T19:22:39Z So while the man was unoriginal, he wasn't unreasonable. Is it OK to compliment a stranger? 2011-04-12T09:39:01Z It's a goal as unoriginal as a coach's desire to prevent turnovers or a husband to lose 10 pounds. Seahawks trying to follow a winning draft formula 2011-02-27T04:12:02Z Originality is the one thing which unoriginal minds cannot feel the use of. On Liberty 2011-01-12T03:00:34.363Z They say the Mariners hired another drab, unoriginal, vanilla manager who lacks the charisma to get this community excited. Good luck, Eric Wedge -- you'll need it 2010-10-20T01:18:00Z What results is a stale, unoriginal, and downright boring About page. How to Design a Great "About Us" Page 2010-10-18T06:54:00Z In some cases, more than 80 percent of a paper’s content was deemed unoriginal. Rampant Fraud Threatens China?s Brisk Ascent 2010-10-07T00:41:00Z The “local” fried chicken, “Mom’s meatballs” and slice of “birthday cake” for dessert solidify this temple to the unoriginal buzzwords that every new hackneyed restaurant strives for. Taking the Bait: Opening the Restaurant Doesn?t Close the Conversation 2010-09-27T19:27:00Z With exceptions, luxury websites tend to be showy but unoriginal, since firms often use the same web designers. Selling luxury goods online: The chic learn to click 2010-07-22T11:21:00Z This experiment, putting together a living bacterium from synthetic components, is clumsy, tedious, unoriginal. Synthetic Cells and the Energy Quest 2010-05-20T20:04:00Z "They called me very unoriginal names, like 'midget'," she said. Hormone help 2010-05-08T23:35:00Z "Well, there's no accounting for tastes," he remarked, falling back on that non-committal, if unoriginal aphorism, and redirecting his attention to the roast chicken. A Poached Peerage He was too lazy or too unoriginal to think, so he kept his mind occupied with insignificant things, and made an ideal clerk. A Canadian Bankclerk The King's anger knew no bounds when he heard of what had occurred, and physical punishment was, of course, the only means of covering his shame, which occurred to his primitive and unoriginal imagination. In Court and Kampong Being Tales and Sketches of Native Life in the Malay Peninsula May Liszt perhaps serve as a sample of such—learned, critical, self-conscious, productive, but unoriginal? Lippincott's Magazine, December 1878 Are only the stupid and unoriginal, unattractive ones to have this responsibility? Margarita's Soul The Romantic Recollections of a Man of Fifty Vile trick of nature, that—poverty-stricken unoriginal creature that she was. Black Oxen "I must plead guilty to being rather unoriginal," he said, "but I promise you that this little adventure shall not end as did the last." The Green Rust Are in the dreaming, even as Life and Death, Twin-ministers of the unoriginal Will. The Song of the Sword and Other Verses I still insist that rich people are to a considerable extent unoriginal and stupid. The Pleasant Street Partnership A Neighborhood Story She told him that she thought that would be nice, and added that she wished she had a project too, but she was hopelessly unoriginal. The Californians It is as easy to be unoriginal as it is hard at times to be original. Parkhurst Boys And Other Stories of School Life And the laugh which greeted this very unoriginal observation closed the conversation for a time. The Willoughby Captains Nor were they wholly unoriginal in their endeavours to make him feel at home in his new surroundings. Follow My leader The Boys of Templeton They have been hampered in no way with the banality of school technique learned in the manner of the ever-present and unoriginal copyist. Adventures in the Arts Informal Chapters on Painters, Vaudeville, and Poets We Americans are rather apt to complain of the comparatively poor, unoriginal showing which our poets have as yet made among those of other civilized nations. The Joyful Heart The most aggravating thing about unoriginal fellows is that you cannot well get in a rage with them, for if you find fault with them, you find fault with yourselves. Parkhurst Boys And Other Stories of School Life Scarcely a phrase in his operas and songs moves in a conventional or unoriginal curve. Musical Portraits Interpretations of Twenty Modern Composers I've been unoriginal enough, I'm afraid, to name my big baby after myself," he said, "my nickname being Eagle. Secret History Revealed By Lady Peggy O'Malley For, if it were otherwise, it would be thought of our own type—familiar, banal, commonplace, unoriginal. Post-Prandial Philosophy It may be said that most photoplay producing companies are led to use unoriginal titles because of the poor and inappropriate titles given the stories sent in to them by the authors themselves. Writing the Photoplay Many a time did the observant butler come upon Baden-Powell in the House Music Room practising his tunes; but not by any means in a dull and unoriginal fashion. The Story of Baden-Powell 'The Wolf That Never Sleeps' He has become increasingly facile and unoriginal, has taken to quoting unblushingly Mendelssohn, Tchaikowsky, Wagner, himself, even. Musical Portraits Interpretations of Twenty Modern Composers For they are as hollow as a drum and as unoriginal as a bride-cake: nothing but vacuity with an icing of phrases. Books and Persons Being Comments on a Past Epoch 1908-1911 The language, as language, was unoriginal and of striking monotony, and as to what happened, most people have had experience which will obviate the necessity of going into brutal facts. The Militants Stories of Some Parsons, Soldiers, and Other Fighters in the World He had done well, though not brilliantly, at college, for his mind, if unoriginal, had never given anybody, not even his mother, the least bit of trouble. Life and Gabriella The Story of a Woman's Courage Yet, unoriginal though the dominant clergywoman of fiction may be, it cannot be denied that St. Paul's injunctions in connection with the subjection of wives did not commend themselves to Mrs. Cotton. Mount Music Here was this old reprobation of Freemasonry, repeated in unoriginal language. Lord of the World She launched with zest upon the somewhat unoriginal thesis, and Cally relapsed into her own thoughts, which were full of rebellion at the bitter untowardness of her fate.... V. V.'s Eyes The few words he had dashed on to the paper, enraptured at the thought of the happy hours they promised, had become mere jargon, and when he understood the idea it seemed foolish, dull, unoriginal. The Hill of Dreams It may be admitted that in many instances an effort is made to carry out these entirely unoriginal views, but even in some of our most carefully conducted playhouses there are strange lapses. Our Stage and Its Critics By "E.F.S." of "The Westminster Gazette" He was her human subject: and she wanted to keep all primitive and barbaric impulses of pop-culture and unoriginal dogmatic religious premises from influencing his brain. Tokyo to Tijuana: Gabriele Departing America They're a slow unoriginal lot, the police—there's no imagination in their brains and no ingenuity in their minds. Dead Men's Money Nothing could have been more commonplace or unoriginal, but to Tyler Kamps the brilliance of a Madame de Stael would have sounded trivial and uninteresting in comparison. Cheerful—By Request "Why will people waste their time writing unoriginal music, when they might be sweeping crossings?" Dreams He is in the main unoriginal in diction, Statius in composition. Post-Augustan Poetry From Seneca to Juvenal Well, dear, I do remember hearing men, and not worldly men, as you call them, either, say that his work for civic reform amounted to very little and that his books were thin and unoriginal. A Fountain Sealed That reason kills poetry is the unoriginal theme of a recent poem. The Poet's Poet : essays on the character and mission of the poet as interpreted in English verse of the last one hundred and fifty years Pilniak is without a doubt a writer of considerable ability, but he is essentially unoriginal and derivative. Tales of the Wilderness It was all as old and unoriginal as original sin. We Can't Have Everything But he is only a very inferior sort of official indeed, a mere clerk of the post, and he has all the guarded reserve of your thoroughly unoriginal man. A Modern Utopia Better criticism and greater freedom for fiction might vitalize our overabundant, unoriginal, unreal, unversatile,—everything but unformed short story. Definitions: Essays in Contemporary Criticism He would return a purse, I am sure, upon discovering that he had obtained it by an unoriginal diddle. The Works of Edgar Allan Poe — Volume 4 Brown’s chief ambition in life is to be original, and his method of obtaining the original is to take the unoriginal and turn it upside down. Novel Notes The Marquis is a dullard whose wooing takes the form at best of stilted compliments, stupid and unoriginal. Scaramouche "Because it was what so many other women might be likely to say so awfully unoriginal, in fact?" The Glimpses of the Moon
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