facile
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I found myself irrationally angry about the way T-Mobile convinced the Backstreet Boys to parody “I Want It That Way” with facile sloganeering.
From Slate • Feb. 8, 2026
What gets lost in facile critiques of gentrification, however, is its generative power.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 9, 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
“Ezra” could easily tip into melodrama, but Goldwyn sidesteps that with a rather facile ending, seemingly skipping a story beat in the denouement.
From Los Angeles Times • May 30, 2024
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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