derivative
adjective
[ dɪˈrɪvətɪv ]
• imitative of the work of another artist, writer, etc., and usually disapproved of for that reason.
• "an artist who is not in the slightest bit derivative"
Similar:
imitative,
unoriginal,
uninventive,
non-innovative,
unimaginative,
uninspired,
copied,
plagiarized,
plagiaristic,
second-hand,
secondary,
echoic,
trite,
hackneyed,
clichéd,
stale,
tired,
worn out,
flat,
rehashed,
warmed-up,
stock,
banal,
copycat,
cribbed,
old hat,
hacky,
• (of a product) having a value deriving from an underlying variable asset.
• "equity-based derivative products"
derivative
noun
• something which is based on another source.
• "the aircraft is a derivative of the Falcon 20G"
• an arrangement or product (such as a future, option, or warrant) whose value derives from and is dependent on the value of an underlying asset, such as a commodity, currency, or security.
• "the derivatives market"
• an expression representing the rate of change of a function with respect to an independent variable.
Origin:
late Middle English (in the adjective sense ‘having the power to draw off’, and in the noun sense ‘a word derived from another’): from French dérivatif, -ive, from Latin derivativus, from derivare (see derive).
