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
In nearly every case, directing attention to mental health becomes a copout.
From Salon ● Jan. 12, 2016
Well, the ultimate answer to all that is probably a copout.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 25, 2013
“But if I can rely on that old social sciences copout, we need more evidence.”
From New York Times ● Mar. 17, 2012
Christian C. DeBaun Allston, Mass. Your selection of a computer is a copout.
From Time Magazine Archive
