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Grammar : Adj
Spell : plat-i-tood-n-uh s, -tyood-
Phonetic Transcription : ˌplæt ɪˈtud n əs, -ˈtyud-

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Définition of platitudinous

  • adj trite
Example sentences :
  • These sentiments have to the modern ear a platitudinous ring.
  • Extract from : « Shelley, Godwin and Their Circle » by H. N. Brailsford
  • This mild, platitudinous rebuke came when all the damage was done.
  • Extract from : « Australian Writers » by Desmond Byrne
  • It was a period of the flat, stale, platitudinous, and bourgeois.
  • Extract from : « Egoists » by James Huneker
  • All this is so platitudinous that I feel ashamed to write it; but then, how can one avoid platitudes without avoiding truth?
  • Extract from : « Creative Intelligence » by John Dewey, Addison W. Moore, Harold Chapman Brown, George H. Mead, Boyd H. Bode, Henry Waldgrave, Stuart James, Hayden Tufts, Horace M. Kallen
  • Nevertheless Martin liked him better than the platitudinous bank cashier.
  • Extract from : « Martin Eden » by Jack London
  • That statement isn't in reality as platitudinous as it seems at first thought.
  • Extract from : « The Story of The American Legion » by George Seay Wheat
  • He winced, but Joan rattled on with the platitudinous originality of youth.
  • Extract from : « Adventure » by Jack London
  • The statement frequently heard that "human nature is human nature" is only a platitudinous half-truth.
  • Extract from : « Woman » by William J. Robinson
  • He had a confused realization of platitudinous adieus, of a silly formality of speech, and he found himself in the hall.
  • Extract from : « Jason » by Justus Miles Forman
  • Some of the old women were in white satin, with many jewels on their platitudinous bosoms.
  • Extract from : « The Bell in the Fog and Other Stories » by Gertrude Atherton
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