facile
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It is hard to overstate just how facile this whole enterprise has proved to be.
From Slate ● Jan. 6, 2026
That this is all unfolding at a convent is an obvious irony, though as handled here it isn’t a cheap or facile one.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 4, 2025
We can easily imagine the real Scorsese has had to face similar ordeals with facile Hollywood suits.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2025
It would be facile and easy to argue that this level of emotion is characteristic of their “intimate male friendship” and their shared passion run amok.
From Salon ● Apr. 10, 2025
Miss Adebayo visited and said something about grief, something nice-sounding and facile: Grief was the celebration of love, those who could feel real grief were lucky to have loved.
From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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