sophomoric
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Although sophomoric, especially for a graduate student, I thought it showed, if not a deep understanding, at least a somewhat clever analysis of his famous maxims.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 2, 2025
While the memes were “mean-spirited, sophomoric, inartful, misguided, and crude,” the state Supreme Court justices wrote in their opinion, they were “plainly not intended to threaten Student One, Student Two, or any other person.”
From Salon ● Jul. 29, 2025
The world’s greatest assassin has been saddled with the world’s most sophomoric internal monologue.
From New York Times ● May 9, 2024
Released in 1992, “Stick Around for Joy” became the Sugarcubes’ third and final album, and it had given me “Hit,” a melodramatic song perfect for channeling my sophomoric woes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 15, 2024
The prominent characteristic of the Poems is affectation, artificiality; their makeup is a complacent and pretentious outpour of false figures and fine writing, in the sophomoric style.
From Christian Science by Twain, Mark
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