platitudinal

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Recent Examples of platitudinal Callie seems to be anticipating—or demanding—some soothing, platitudinal advice. Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 5 Sep. 2021 There is a prescient, pitch-perfect satire of the superficiality and platitudinal meaninglessness of modern life. Alison Willmore, Vulture, 22 Feb. 2021 Perry quickly midwifed—as creator, writer, and director—the soapy The Haves and Have Nots and trite platitudinal working-class comedies like Love Thy Neighbor. Jason Parham, WIRED, 19 June 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for platitudinal
Adjective
  • For now, Chow himself might cop to the platitudinous quality of his own descriptions.
    John Tamny, Forbes, 17 Oct. 2024
  • These meager efforts to humanize them further in a couple shots does little to improve their platitudinous conception.
    Carlos Aguilar, Variety, 30 Aug. 2024
Adjective
  • Perhaps not coincidentally, by the time the first season ended, Tulsa King had become less of a lighthearted dramedy — about an old-fashioned New York crime boss way out of his element — and more of a conventional crime drama with betrayals, gunfights, and brooding regrets.
    Noel Murray, Vulture, 18 Nov. 2024
  • Drone fleets are impractical if not impossible to shoot down with conventional projectiles.
    Henry A. Kissinger, Foreign Affairs, 18 Nov. 2024
Adjective
  • The previous-generation’s platform and engines are still there, though somewhat modified, and styling changes are subtle rather than derivative.
    Aaron Turpen, New Atlas, 26 Oct. 2024
  • In synthetic ETFs, the price moves in tandem with the derivative instrument's price rather than the sport price but converges on the spot price as the option settlement date approaches.
    Lawrence Wintermeyer, Forbes, 17 Oct. 2024

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“Platitudinal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/platitudinal. Accessed 25 Nov. 2024.

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