PLATITUDINOUS Synonyms: 115 Similar and Opposite Words

platitudinous

adjective

Definition of platitudinous

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Recent Examples of platitudinous 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 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 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

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Adjective

This is a competent if unimaginative (it was made for Lifetime, after all) retelling of the real-life tale.

— K. Thor Jensen, PC Magazine, 26 June 2026
Despite its expense and hard-working cast, its extensive, expensive and eye-filling special effects, and an effective but ear-splitting score by Jerry Goldsmith, the film remains surprisingly small, thanks to David Odell’s unimaginative, earthbound screenplay.

— Arthur Knight, HollywoodReporter, 25 June 2026

Definition of unimaginative

Adjective

Meanwhile, Larry’s examples of how to implement his vision were utterly banal.

— Claire Stapleton, New Yorker, 18 July 2026
The YouTube upload was, Ritchie noted, a typically sample-heavy affair from the Brooklyn collective; a banal but reasonable assumption is that the confusing circumstances of the new release result from simple sample clearance issues.

— Jazz Monroe, Pitchfork, 16 July 2026

Definition of banal

Adjective

There is no cultural ethnic pandering, no consideration to what, in this context, would have been a trite idea of diversity and inclusion.

— José Criales-Unzueta, Vanity Fair, 1 June 2026
But Hacks never really engaged with the complexity of those disclosures, and by Kathy’s brief appearance this final season, she’s smoothed out into a trite obstacle in Ava’s quest to reboot Deborah’s old sitcom.

— Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 29 May 2026

Definition of trite

Adjective

That stacks up against the 176 conventional seawalls permitted by Fort Lauderdale in the same window where the church applied for one, the church said.

— Alex Harris, Miami Herald, 22 July 2026
Purchase data confirmed a hypothesis that conventional epidemiology had to generate first, which is useful and which is a different job from finding the vendor.

— John Drake, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026

Definition of conventional

Adjective

Maybe so, but think of how badly Congress had stated those hackneyed ideas.

— Jill Lepore, New Yorker, 4 May 2026
While not exactly a feminist screed, the script grants nary a free pass to the glut of hackneyed gender conventions in the golden-age canon without at least cracking a joke.

— Naveen Kumar, Variety, 21 Apr. 2026

Definition of hackneyed

Adjective

Because that was the trend this week, and next week the same unoriginal dopes will be onto something else.

— Matt Reigle OutKick, FOXNews.com, 15 July 2026
This situation fuels a broader discussion about whether generative AI could produce unoriginal adaptations more cost-effectively, challenging studios to either innovate or embrace AI for these types of remakes.

— Caroline Reid, Forbes.com, 10 July 2026

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