copout
Example Sentences
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That’s a copout which no fan worth their salt will accept.
From The Guardian • Jan. 29, 2016
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
His idea of freedom is a sort of emotional copout, a yearning not so much to find something as to be away from everything.
From Time Magazine Archive
