Imitative and Stale

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Imitative adjective - Using or marked by the use of something else as a basis or model.

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Stale and imitative are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Stale" instead an adjective "Imitative".

Stale adjective - Used or heard so often as to be dull.

Usage example: viewers were bored by the stale story lines of the new crop of sitcoms

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Imitative and stale are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Imitative" instead an adjective "Stale".

Nearby Words: staled, staling

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Stale and Imitative. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 12, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/imitative/stale

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