platitudinous

[plat-i-tood-n-uhs, -tyood-]

adjective

1. characterized by or given to platitudes.

2. of the nature of or resembling a platitude.

Other Word Forms

• platitudinously adverb
• platitudinousness noun
• nonplatitudinous adjective
• nonplatitudinously adverb
• unplatitudinous adjective
• unplatitudinously adverb
• unplatitudinousness noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of platitudinous¹

1855–60; platitude + -inous ( platitudinal, -ous )

Example Sentences

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.

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As the battle between these cartoon villains and Nate goes to court, the writing becomes painfully platitudinous, skating around the real controversies surrounding the domestication of intelligent primates.

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Rivera could do only, perhaps, what he was good at: working, fulfilling commissions, and organizing human types and platitudinous dogma into impressively complex, large-scale compositions.

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Its Olympian tone made it a perennial touchstone at those political occasions requiring platitudinous wisdom.

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On one occasion, Sir Philip was interrupted by committee chairman and Conservative MP Tom Tugendhat, who told him: "It sounds less credible every time you repeat it. It sounds platitudinous."

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