flippancy
noun
flip·pan·cy
ˈfli-pən(t)-sē 
plural flippancies
: unbecoming levity or pertness especially in respect to grave or sacred matters
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Examples of flippancy in a Sentence
no one appreciates your flippancy during our religious services
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It’s told with an earnestness, not a hipster flippancy.
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Erik Piepenburg Brian Karlsson, New York Times, 10 Apr. 2024
But, as Marian wrote in a letter, Lewes’s flippancy masked great conscience and heart.
—James Wood, The New Yorker, 4 Sep. 2023
Before the dominance of music streaming, fans could treat the coming and going of micro-genres with a jokey flippancy.
—Amos Barshad, WIRED, 29 Aug. 2023
Better to be careful than regret a moment of flippancy.
—Tarot Astrologers, Chicago Tribune, 25 June 2023
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Erik Piepenburg Brian Karlsson, New York Times, 10 Apr. 2024
But, as Marian wrote in a letter, Lewes’s flippancy masked great conscience and heart.
—James Wood, The New Yorker, 4 Sep. 2023
Before the dominance of music streaming, fans could treat the coming and going of micro-genres with a jokey flippancy.
—Amos Barshad, WIRED, 29 Aug. 2023
Better to be careful than regret a moment of flippancy.
—Tarot Astrologers, Chicago Tribune, 25 June 2023
See all Example Sentences for flippancy
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“Flippancy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/flippancy. Accessed 27 Jul. 2024.
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