copout
Example Sentences
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Still, if that’s really the reason they’re opting out of the song this time around—and not because, say, Chiwetel Ejiofor, who is voicing Scar, isn’t a singer—it’s an unfortunate copout.
From Slate ● Feb. 16, 2018
But it is a copout of the shabbiest sort to exploit this anxiety as a way of averting our gaze from the undiminished threat of North Korea.
From The Guardian ● Apr. 17, 2017
And I knew she had strong feelings about open marriages, which she considered a copout out for couples looking for an end run around their marriage vows.
From Salon ● Mar. 18, 2013
“But if I can rely on that old social sciences copout, we need more evidence.”
From New York Times ● Mar. 17, 2012
Read then exits rather sheepishly with the classic copout, "Let each reader decide upon its veracity for himself."
From Time Magazine Archive
