copout
Example Sentences
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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
It’s the only reasonable resolution to a conflict that is itself a copout.
From Slate ● Apr. 3, 2013
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
Said Shultz: "This to me is a copout; it seems more concerned with making us feel better than with having an impact on the situation we deplore."
From Time Magazine Archive
