adjective
definition
Closely following a formula or predictable pattern; imitative, not original.
example
That TV series has become awfully formulaic in the last couple of seasons.
Examples of formulaic in a Sentence
Its formulaic design features a standard collar and either two or three buttons down the front.
Carefully chosen loving words will be more powerful and memorable than any formulaic recitation, and those personal sentiments can be carried through many years as they are renewed with every loving gesture, phrase, and touch.
Embarrassing, insincere, formulaic flattery makes God mellow.
The dodge move does get a bit formulaic after a while, but there is enough in this game to keep the interest going.
The Solihull design studio led by David Bache produced a rather formulaic scaling down of the larger car.
However, even where teachers used a good deal of foreign language for classroom management purposes, their utterances had a somewhat formulaic quality.
This may sound formulaic, and to an extent it is, but it works brilliantly and amounts to an extremely tense thriller.
Ostensibly a crime drama of the formulaic construction viewers were used to, Cracker obtained equally massive ratings and credibility.
Artists who donât run the risk of growing stale, their meaning formulaic.
In cognitive therapy the case formulation is the formulaic approach.
Meanwhile publishers continued to churn out TV, movie and comic book tie-ins in a time when such games were anything but formulaic.
These are all pretty good although they confirm what I pretty much expected - they're all pretty formulaic.
Expanding students ' horizons - 17 Nov 2005 English teaching is often too formulaic, says William Glover.
And yet by comparison our stuff seems so formulaic and uninspiring.
All of the songs on this EP are not very formulaic which is a good thing.
The worst thing an author can do is become formulaic.
While the last of these things might seem easiest, the other two can be just as formulaic.
For some couples, the opportunity to write vows rather than simply recite traditional wedding vows is a way to personalize the wedding ceremony and express feelings that may not be adequately rendered in formulaic vows.
While many people write very short thank you letters that are formulaic copy-and-paste jobs, a more thorough letter will make you stand out from other contenders for the job.
Students using the Model Method are doing far more than memorizing a formulaic path for solving a problem; they are demonstrating the problem in a clear, applicable manner.