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Sounded unoriginal (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

echoed

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'sounded' is the definition.
(echoing is a kind of sounding)

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(Other definitions for echoed that I've seen before include "Reverberated; repeated" , "copied" , "said nothing original" , "Rang" , "Resounded" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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