copout
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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
And I knew she had strong feelings about open marriages, which she considered a copout out for couples looking for an end run around their marriage vows.
From Salon ● Mar. 18, 2013
“But if I can rely on that old social sciences copout, we need more evidence.”
From New York Times ● Mar. 17, 2012
Of Masters's many virtues, the topmost is the way he refuses easy copout labels for a tricky person, his commitment to human variety and unfathomability.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 24, 2011
Weinberger's other reason, that the commander in the field did not want the press along, was a glaring copout.
From Time Magazine Archive
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