formulaic Definition

conventional, formalistic, cliched, hackneyed, trite, unoriginal, unimaginative, simplistic, melodramatic, banal, bland, rote, predictable, corny, hokey, uninteresting, vapid, uninspired, monotonous, sappy, repetitious, uninventive, insipid, cheesy, mawkish, schlocky, repetitive, stilted, maudlin, preachy, unchallenging, perfunctory, uncreative, vacuous, pretentious, overwrought, schmaltzy, saccharine, tedious, stale, tiresome, shopworn, mindless, unexciting, superficial, cutesy, catchy, overfamiliar, unentertaining, slapdash, overlong, stagy, cloying, treacly, stagey, overdetermined, unfunny, escapist, scripted, turgid, dull, unmemorable, didactic, reductive, unsatisfying, pedantic, unadventurous, draggy, unaffecting, talky, campy, unamusing, convoluted, expository, crass, hacky, scattershot, artless, overproduced, glib, lowbrow, obtuse, leaden, slapstick, facile, jokey, unenjoyable, puerile, tricksy, dopier, silly, wearisome, sophomoric, ponderous, brainless, bathetic, amateurish, soppy, lame, plagiaristic,