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slavish

adjective

Reveal meaning and examples

Showing excessive obedience or imitation with little independence.

Slavish imitation of the sample essay left no room for an original argument.

Dictionary practice example.

Slavish imitation appeared when another apprentice copied every detail of a sample cloth, including an accidental mismatch, without considering the design's purpose.

From Learning a Craft Without Copying a Life.

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