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| banal |
lacking originality or liveliness; disappointingly ordinary; commonplace; trite. |
| clever |
showing intelligent thinking, originality, or ingenuity. [1/4 definitions] |
| cliché |
lacking originality; trite; overused. [1/3 definitions] |
| creative |
characterized by originality or imagination. [1/2 definitions] |
| dull |
lacking in interest, originality, or liveliness; boring. [1/10 definitions] |
| slavish |
lacking initiative or originality; blindly or stubbornly following an established model. [1/2 definitions] |
| stagnant |
without activity, originality, or development; sluggish. [1/3 definitions] |
| stagnate |
to be or become motionless, fouled, or lacking in energy, originality, or development; be or become stagnant. |
| stale |
boring or lacking spark, especially because of overuse or lack of originality. [2/5 definitions] |
| work of art |
anything made, produced, performed, or the like that arouses admiration because of the great beauty, originality, or skill that it manifests. [1/2 definitions] |
| worn |
lacking freshness or originality; trite. [1/4 definitions] |
| worn-out |
lacking freshness or originality; trite. [1/3 definitions] |
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