copout

Example Sentences

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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

That’s a copout which no fan worth their salt will accept.

From The Guardian • Jan. 29, 2016

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

His idea of freedom is a sort of emotional copout, a yearning not so much to find something as to be away from everything.

From Time Magazine Archive