"Saul of the Mole Men" is merely derivative.

Yet his creations are not merely derivative, and each premiere had its own distinct theatrical personality.

But "Omnium Gatherum" never feels merely derivative and schematic.

There is a fine line, however, between making clever stage references to other shows and presenting work that is merely derivative.

Some later critics deny "that these poems are merely derivative of Imagism or, indeed, that they are successful, even in theoretical terms, as imagist poems.

A key consideration is the extent to which the use is interpreted as transformative, as opposed to merely derivative.

Disciplines which exist only at the intersection of other disciplines may be regarded as merely derivative or parasitic, and their very identity doubted or denied (Albrow 1986).

Gyekye challenges the view that in African thought, community confers personhood on the individual and thus the individual's identity is merely derivative of the community.

Mondrian, no less, admired "Stenographic Figure," which looks to us merely derivative.

Some, regrettably, looked merely derivative, while others added personal quirks.