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
  • These people are always looking for new and more efficient ways to do things, so may be seen as troublemakers in conventional organizations.
    Martin Zwilling, Forbes, 23 Jan. 2025
  • Those guidelines include providing alt text on images so that people with visual impairments who use automatic readers can understand images, offering audio descriptions for people with hearing disabilities, and making all websites operable by keyboard for users who can’t use a conventional mouse.
    Kevin Collier, NBC News, 23 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • App and web users are now able to buy and sell derivative contracts that convert into $100 based on the outcome of NFL, NBA and UEFA Champions League seasons.
    Jacob Feldman, Sportico.com, 28 Jan. 2025
  • The film’s sparse, handmade 16-mm aesthetic, which visually recalls influences ranging from early German Expressionism to the work of Guy Maddin, primarily sells the film’s outlandish fantastical conceit, despite its derivative nature.
    Vikram Murthi, IndieWire, 25 Jan. 2025

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“Platitudinal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/platitudinal. Accessed 3 Feb. 2025.

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