derivativeness

Shelley's poem, 'derivativeness' is precisely the point

Other Romantic Devils 1997

But that shell of derivativeness is gradually being pierced by one remarkable building after another.

Scanning Norway's Barcode Horizon J. S. Marcus 2011

Their derivativeness is fine when the songs are catchy: opener Saying Goodbye is thrillingly brash, while Better Off Without It is a terrific anti-love song, Craig Fox's voice catching affectingly on Patrick Keeler's cloppy percussion.

The Greenhornes: **** - review Maddy Costa 2010

The other thing that leaps out, having read it, is the wholly saturated derivativeness of it all.

Archive 2010-03-01 Adam Roberts 2010

The other thing that leaps out, having read it, is the wholly saturated derivativeness of it all.

Robert Jordan, Wheel of Time 1: the Eye of the World (1990) Adam Roberts 2010

Although I happen to adore his material, the reason it was funny was neither due to its originality nor its derivativeness.

Melody Breyer-Grell: Colin Quinn in Long Story Short : A Master Jester Rules on Broadway Melody Breyer-Grell 2010

Although I happen to adore his material, the reason it was funny was neither due to its originality nor its derivativeness.

Melody Breyer-Grell: Colin Quinn in Long Story Short : A Master Jester Rules on Broadway Melody Breyer-Grell 2010

Part of the reason why the films are easy to predict however is due to their derivativeness in regard to past movies and genre material.

The Buzz: Filmmakers React to Avatar | /Film 2009

The bit marks a turning point in this film, the first substantive clue to What's Really Going On but also the point at which EAGLE EYE begins to drown in the consume of its own mediocrity, derivativeness and overall lack of anything resembling vision.

Eye carumba! Arbogast 2009

"Where derivativeness ends and transformative begins is not at all clear," said Robert J. Kasunic, principal legal adviser at the U.S. Copyright Office in Washington.

Color This Area of the Law Gray 2009