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The easiest way to tell that something's not really innovative is if the person describing it uses the word innovative.
Can you give an example of something that actually was innovative, that no-one called innovative?
The spoked wheel.
Interestingly, it looks as if nothing was really called innovative before 1960, with usage peaking in 2000, and its now in decline
https://www.etymonline.com/word/innovative
Peaking in 2000 seems odd - I see or hear that word daily and that definitely wasn't the case back in 2000. Interesting!
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