copout
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The ending of Kramer vs Kramer is a terrible copout, a Hollywood reversal of the gross injustice doled out by the court.
From The Guardian ● Dec. 11, 2019
Still, if that’s really the reason they’re opting out of the song this time around—and not because, say, Chiwetel Ejiofor, who is voicing Scar, isn’t a singer—it’s an unfortunate copout.
From Slate ● Feb. 16, 2018
And that’s a huge copout, I think, in the sincerity push in art.
From Salon ● Jul. 23, 2012
“But if I can rely on that old social sciences copout, we need more evidence.”
From New York Times ● Mar. 17, 2012
Christian C. DeBaun Allston, Mass. Your selection of a computer is a copout.
From Time Magazine Archive
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