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

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

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

Christian C. DeBaun Allston, Mass. Your selection of a computer is a copout.

From Time Magazine Archive