copout
Example Sentences
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The ending of Kramer vs Kramer is a terrible copout, a Hollywood reversal of the gross injustice doled out by the court.
From The Guardian • Dec. 11, 2019
In nearly every case, directing attention to mental health becomes a copout.
From Salon • Jan. 12, 2016
It’s the only reasonable resolution to a conflict that is itself a copout.
From Slate • Apr. 3, 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
