Sentence examples for it is derivative from inspiring English sources

Half of "Six Cents" is wildly and mightily original; half of it is derivative, more closely derived from the images and tones of other filmmakers' work than anything in the œuvre of Swanberg or of Andrew Bujalski.

It's a flirtier, cleaned-up version, but it is derivative.

It is derivative, of course, and yet relaxed and stylish and charming.

Not that it is derivative, exactly, but rather that A Little Life feels snatched from another time, specifically the 1990s.

If one thinks it is derivative – well, nothing comes from nothing, and originality means going back to origins," he adds.

Much of it is derivative, and corporate-controlled radio stations nowadays do not offer listeners the kind of diversity our generation enjoyed.

We all know it's derivative.

In the 1990s, it was derivative of business, and now it's derivative of casual.

He tried a shock-jock routine, but it was derivative.

But it's derivative in a way that feels stale.

As a whole, it's derivative, but (mostly) enjoyable.