facile
Example Sentences
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Some of the more condescending reviews of “Marie Antoinette” made a facile equation between you and your protagonist, as if you were the flippant queen dousing herself in luxury.
From Salon
That this is all unfolding at a convent is an obvious irony, though as handled here it isn’t a cheap or facile one.
What gets lost in facile critiques of gentrification, however, is its generative power.
Neither do facile excuses like “economic anxiety” cut it.
From Salon
We can easily imagine the real Scorsese has had to face similar ordeals with facile Hollywood suits.
From Los Angeles Times
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