platitudinous
adjective
plat·i·tu·di·nous
ˌpla-tə-ˈtüd-nəs 
-ˈtyüd-;
-ˈtü-də-nəs,
-ˈtyü-
: having the characteristics of a platitude : full of platitudes
platitudinous remarks
platitudinously
adverb
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For now, Chow himself might cop to the platitudinous quality of his own descriptions.
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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
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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
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“Platitudinous.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/platitudinous. Accessed 26 Apr. 2025.
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