If you describe a way of saying or doing something as ~, you are criticizing it because it is not original and has been used many times before in similar situations.
His paintings are contrived and ~.
= conventional
ADJ disapproval
If you describe a way of saying or doing something as ~, you are criticizing it because it is not original and has been used many times before in similar situations.
His paintings are contrived and ~.
= conventional
ADJ disapproval
Collins COBUILD. Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык Коллинз COBUILD (международная база данных языков Бирмингемского университета) . 2012