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Recent Examples of platitudinous
For now, Chow himself might cop to the platitudinous quality of his own descriptions.
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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
Image Image Today there is an address, probably platitudinous, in which a politician or pop star delivers some variation of the liberal democratic gospel.
—Jason Farago, New York Times, 23 May 2024
The song that resulted in this frantic, logistically improbable session is stirring but callow, with a gospel-style chord progression that gives false weight to the platitudinous lyrics.
—Rob Tannenbaum, New York Times, 14 Feb. 2024
The collection of essays and case studies doesn’t make an explicit case for or against the office, or offer platitudinous architectural solutions (more lounges, more outdoor space).
—Curbed, 4 Jan. 2023
But that platitudinous jumble seems like an afterthought, an attempt to add thematic complexity to an American crime footnote rendered perplexingly dull.
—David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 June 2023
But Trump wouldn’t parrot even these largely platitudinous policy goals.
—Timothy Noah, The New Republic, 21 Feb. 2023
She’s been criticized for this unwillingness to hold to account someone with views that directly threaten his staff’s lives and livelihoods, and for her faintly platitudinous conclusion that food might be able to unite people divided by much more than physical borders.
—Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic, 8 July 2020
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
Image Image Today there is an address, probably platitudinous, in which a politician or pop star delivers some variation of the liberal democratic gospel.
—Jason Farago, New York Times, 23 May 2024
The song that resulted in this frantic, logistically improbable session is stirring but callow, with a gospel-style chord progression that gives false weight to the platitudinous lyrics.
—Rob Tannenbaum, New York Times, 14 Feb. 2024
The collection of essays and case studies doesn’t make an explicit case for or against the office, or offer platitudinous architectural solutions (more lounges, more outdoor space).
—Curbed, 4 Jan. 2023
But that platitudinous jumble seems like an afterthought, an attempt to add thematic complexity to an American crime footnote rendered perplexingly dull.
—David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 June 2023
But Trump wouldn’t parrot even these largely platitudinous policy goals.
—Timothy Noah, The New Republic, 21 Feb. 2023
She’s been criticized for this unwillingness to hold to account someone with views that directly threaten his staff’s lives and livelihoods, and for her faintly platitudinous conclusion that food might be able to unite people divided by much more than physical borders.
—Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic, 8 July 2020
Recent Examples of Synonyms for platitudinous
Adjective
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Yet what was once novel and football-redeeming has turned dull and unimaginative.—
Jeff Pearlman,
Rolling Stone,
8 Feb. 2025
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Unlike the expressiveness of Blauvelt’s long collaboration with Kelly Reichardt, the visuals here look flat and unimaginative.—
David Rooney,
The Hollywood Reporter,
14 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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Often sports litigations begin with dramatic assertions and intriguing legal theories only to end in confidential settlements and banal PR statements.—
Michael McCann,
Sportico.com,
15 Mar. 2025
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And, in every case, banal commentary is slowly occluding the art, seeping into it in boldface titles or explainers that speak over the sound or cover the image.—
Namwali Serpell,
The New Yorker,
8 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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There comes a time, however, when money talk grows trite even among best friends.—
Troy Renck,
The Denver Post,
16 Mar. 2025
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Rehabilitation robotics is a field where science fiction meets reality, which probably sounds a bit trite these days, given all the technological advancements we’re regularly exposed to.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
13 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Water Conservation: Unlike conventional farming, where excessive water use leads to runoff and waste, Oishii’s system recycles a whopping 95% of its water.—
Chrissy Tracey,
Forbes,
23 Mar. 2025
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The filmmakers’ focus throughout was on making the timings flow — in the conventional terms of our sense of pace, of course, but also spatial logistics.—
Sarah Shachat,
IndieWire,
21 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Callie seems to be anticipating—or demanding—some soothing, platitudinal advice.—
Stephanie Zacharek,
Time,
5 Sep. 2021
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There is a prescient, pitch-perfect satire of the superficiality and platitudinal meaninglessness of modern life.—
Alison Willmore,
Vulture,
22 Feb. 2021
Adjective
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The movie’s a little more hackneyed and obvious now, but its central idea is still an undeniably creepy one: possessed children with pitchforks.—
Tim Grierson,
Vulture,
21 Feb. 2025
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Which is a nauseatingly hackneyed and clichéd — not to mention stupefyingly reductive — type of statement to make about any kind of art or entertainment, of course.—
Andrew Unterberger,
Billboard,
3 Sep. 2019
Adjective
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The idea may be just as unoriginal as florals for spring.—
Adrianna Rodriguez,
USA TODAY,
7 Feb. 2025
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The writing in general felt designed by committee to be as inoffensive and unoriginal as possible.—
Erik Kain,
Forbes,
24 Jan. 2025
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“Platitudinous.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/platitudinous. Accessed 30 Mar. 2025.
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