facile
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I found myself irrationally angry about the way T-Mobile convinced the Backstreet Boys to parody “I Want It That Way” with facile sloganeering.
From Slate • Feb. 8, 2026
That this is all unfolding at a convent is an obvious irony, though as handled here it isn’t a cheap or facile one.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 4, 2025
Neither do facile excuses like “economic anxiety” cut it.
From Salon • Aug. 9, 2025
While well-intended and admiring, the biography often proves facile, showing difficulty reckoning with Demme’s oeuvre and its deeper political and cinematic lessons.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 25, 2025
Miss Adebayo visited and said something about grief, something nice-sounding and facile: Grief was the celebration of love, those who could feel real grief were lucky to have loved.
From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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