Stereotyped

adj, verb

adj, verb ·4 syllables ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    simple past and past participle of stereotype form-of, participle, past
Adjective
  1. 1
    Having a certain stereotype.
  2. 2
    Printed from stereotype plates.
  3. 3
    Unoriginal; stereotypical.

    "Yet the old-time fairy tale, having served for generations, may now be classed as “historical” in the children’s library; for the time has come for a series of newer “wonder tales” in which the stereotyped genie, dwarf and fairy are eliminated, together with all the horrible and bloodcurdling incident devised by their authors to point a fearsome moral to each tale."

Adjective
  1. 1
    lacking spontaneity or originality or individuality wordnet

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"The movie is a stereotyped sob story."

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