facile

Example Sentences

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It is hard to overstate just how facile this whole enterprise has proved to be.

From Slate • Jan. 6, 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

“Ezra” could easily tip into melodrama, but Goldwyn sidesteps that with a rather facile ending, seemingly skipping a story beat in the denouement.

From Los Angeles Times • May 30, 2024

R. T. Jones, the engineer who had intervened on behalf of the black man with the Hampton police, had beguiled Langley managers immediately with his facile mind.

From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly