facile
Example Sentences
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It’s facile to say something clearly not religious functions like a religion: The NFL is a religion!
From Washington Post
Directed by François Girard, the production suffers from a facile children’s-theater color scheme, but boasts a shining musical performance from the orchestra and the two leading singers.
From New York Times
Davies have argued, and in political and ideological terms, it's something of a Gordian knot that defies any facile analysis.
From Salon
But the point it appeared to be laboring to make about facile stereotyping of large groups of people seemed lost in this instance.
From New York Times
Of course, it’d be silly if they left it out and nominated “Triangle of Sadness” instead, a movie that’s explicitly episodic, not to mention facile, flat and strident.
From Los Angeles Times
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