flippant
Example Sentences
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Platitudes, by their nature, can come off as flippant.
From MarketWatch • Mar. 2, 2026
“I try to be very respectful of human remains, and not be flippant about it,” he told the Tulsa World.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 29, 2026
Then a flippant comment, it now sums up the fear in both Washington and Beijing: "Don't become a spy."
From BBC • May 29, 2025
“It could seem flippant, but he was making a serious point, saying, ‘I felt like I was going to be sacrificed, so this is what I wanted to do before that happened.’
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 31, 2025
The happy-go-lucky Anne laughs, gives a flippant reply, shrugs her shoulders and pretends she doesn’t give a darn.
From "The Diary of a Young Girl" by Anne Frank
Vocabulary lists containing flippant
The SAT: Words to Capture Tone, List 3
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Grade 11, List 1
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