derivative

In a sentence

Six example sentences with derivative, each labelled with its topic.

• Critics called the band's second album derivative, hearing whole choruses lifted from records made twenty years earlier.

  Music

• The sequel felt derivative, repeating the first film's jokes and camera moves without adding a single new idea.

  Movies

• The pitch failed because the product was derivative, copying a rival's interface so closely that even the icons matched.

  Startups

• The jury dismissed the canvas as derivative, a competent copy of a style that had been fresh forty years earlier.

  Art

• Reviewers found the fantasy trilogy derivative, with its wise wizard, lost heir, and dark tower lifted from older books.

  Literature

• Players called the racing game derivative, since its tracks, cars, and even its menu sounds echoed a rival from last year.

  Gaming

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More Academic words

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