But that approach is hardly original - and it does not have an encouraging history.

"The conclusion I reached, though hardly original, nonetheless still seems far too little appreciated," he writes.

The first part of the article was innocuous, factual, hardly original.

The words of the, hardly original, school song filled the Hall:

This was hardly an original, or even a distinctly American, concept in itself.

Hardly original, but kindly meant and that's better than a lot of them.

The idea was hardly original; Ford picked it up from International.

The idea of manufacturing entire houses is hardly original.

While Soros's point is hardly original, it's one that tends to be forgotten in good times.

The idea of borrowing another writer's characters and setting is hardly original.