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 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 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 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 Such platitudinous rhetoric persists, of course, deadening the conversation instead of keeping it alive. Sheri Linden, The Hollywood Reporter, 5 Jan. 2023
Recent Examples of Synonyms for platitudinous
Adjective
  • The world of streetwear, expensive sneakers and sweatshirts is an unimaginative and dreary place.
    Jean E. Palmieri, Footwear News, 19 May 2025
  • These answers are admittedly unimaginative, as neither of these guys were linked to the Panthers.
    Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 24 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • On the first day of class, a student asked an understandably practical and banal question about the professor’s grading policy.
    Benjamin Hale June 23, Literary Hub, 23 June 2025
  • Here are Kim’s outfits, here are Kim’s diamonds, still as banal as breakfast.
    Ellen Cushing, The Atlantic, 19 May 2025
Adjective
  • Choose words and phrasing that feel natural and real to you, and avoid trite business jargon. 5.
    William Arruda, Forbes.com, 8 June 2025
  • There was no explanation, only trite apologies that there were too many qualified applicants that year.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 1 July 2025
Adjective
  • Dongfang, which enjoyed a 45% share in the conventional hydropower market, could rake in as much as 54 billion yuan from the new project, according to Lau.
    Anniek Bao, CNBC, 23 July 2025
  • The Male Opportunity Here’s where conventional understanding of resale may miss the mark: men are driving resale adoption more aggressively than women.
    Kristen Classi-Zummo, Forbes.com, 23 July 2025
Adjective
  • 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
Adjective
  • Similarly, the billionaire-villain forgery subplot and the insertion of romance into team dynamics came across as forced, hackneyed and unnecessary.
    Karl Moore, Forbes.com, 3 July 2025
  • This hackneyed stance has turned his concert performances shrill and hollow.
    Armond White, National Review, 28 May 2025
Adjective
  • Which brings us back to the outcry mentioned up top, and the rather unoriginal mention of the old as economics truth that there’s no free lunch.
    John Tamny, Forbes.com, 18 July 2025
  • Meta said unoriginal content is when images or videos are reused without crediting the original creator.
    Zach Vallese, CNBC, 14 July 2025

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“Platitudinous.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/platitudinous. Accessed 26 Jul. 2025.

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