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

But it is a copout of the shabbiest sort to exploit this anxiety as a way of averting our gaze from the undiminished threat of North Korea.

From The Guardian • Apr. 17, 2017

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

Weinberger's other reason, that the commander in the field did not want the press along, was a glaring copout.

From Time Magazine Archive