Sentence examples for silly derivatives from inspiring English sources

This would cost taxpayers $40 billion a year on $1 trillion in bad assets--and pump that sum into the banks that were the sickest from all those silly derivatives.

The Los Angeles Times called the show a "silly, derivative and rather sweet nostalgia trip," while The San Diego Union-Tribune found it "a flat, retro show".

Dredd is silly, derivative, and sometimes the budget cracks are visible in the CGI, but it's considerably more enjoyable than anyone had a right to expect.

This silly, derivative but cheerfully enjoyable sword'n'sandal disaster movie is based on the catastrophic eruption of Mount Vesuvius in AD79 which famously engulfed the town of Pompeii, heartrendingly entombing its residents' last moments for ever.

On the face of it, a financial-holding company seems to have been used to grab cash from the operating company, before losing that money through the silly use of derivatives and other speculative financial dealings.

"But I think the 'Rocky' musical is really original, not some derivative silly show.

Everything feels derivative or silly.

His rants against people who consider the product derivative and silly are legendary and I've personally been flamed twice by this guy.

But their attempts to compete head-on continue to be derivative and, at times, silly.

The plot of The Force Awakens is silly at best, and truly, brutally derivative at worst.

The show, a spoof of silly 1930's musicals, has a dumb and intentionally derivative story with an equally derivative but disposable score.