PLATITUDINOUS Synonyms: 115 Similar and Opposite Words

platitudinous

adjective

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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

It’s reflected in the visuals of the series, which are as unimaginative as the AI actor renders are dead and inexpressive even before they’re shot through with Tokugawa-era arrows.

— Sarah Shachat, IndieWire, 16 Oct. 2026
Spurs kept a clean sheet, an achievement to build on after shipping five in their opening two, and looked solid, if a little unimaginative in midfield.

— Elias Burke, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2026

Definition of unimaginative

Adjective

The tense and agonizing switch is a pure state of melodrama, a transcendent form of tragedy striking in the banal core of workaday society.

— Richard Brody, New Yorker, 25 Sep. 2026
Its point was not that evil is banal, but rather that those who perpetrate it are.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 18 Sep. 2026

Definition of banal

Adjective

Much of the advice for making friends can feel silly or trite, but focusing on three areas may make a significant impact on your social situation.

— Madeline Holcombe, CNN Money, 29 Sep. 2026
What elevates these numbers too is the sharp writing, which strikes that balance between being pithy enough to be memorable without being trite.

— Zachary Lee, IndieWire, 16 Sep. 2026

Definition of trite

Adjective

On the contrary, airpower remains the most potent piece of the United States’ conventional forces, as well as its main source of both deterrent capacity and warfighting advantage against conventional aggression by hostile states.

— Justin Bronk, Foreign Affairs, 13 Oct. 2026
Alongside these are conventional effects plugins covering reverb, delay, chorus, compression, EQ, distortion/saturation, and pitch shifting.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 13 Oct. 2026

Definition of conventional

Adjective

There’s some hackneyed dialogue, much of it borne by Neeson, who despite his prominence in advertising gets sidelined for most of the running time.

— Dennis Harvey, Variety, 10 Sep. 2026
Maybe so, but think of how badly Congress had stated those hackneyed ideas.

— Jill Lepore, New Yorker, 4 May 2026

Definition of hackneyed

Adjective

Summary Leaders are increasingly sounding generic, often using similar buzzwords, a trend exacerbated by AI's ability to generate competent but unoriginal communication.

— Cheryl Robinson, Forbes.com, 17 Aug. 2026
No moral panic is more unoriginal than the fear that contemporary men are no longer as manly as the heroes who preceded them.

— Elizabeth Dray, STAT, 21 July 2026

Definition of unoriginal

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