soft-core
Americanadjective
adjective
Etymology
Origin of soft-core
First recorded in 1965–70
Example Sentences
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With its soft-core, island-funk guitar and three-part vocal harmony, the song’s chorus is an early example of a Steely Dan quintessence: shrugging sarcasm, rendered resplendent.
From New York Times • Sep. 4, 2017
Not soft-core porn, but real love stories with happy endings — like a Sandra Bullock film, only with gay characters.
From New York Times • Feb. 13, 2010
But trophy fish can be hooked, fought and released with ease from the cockpit of this soft-core battlewagon.
From Time Magazine Archive
He has a nostalgically appealing, soft-core cynicism about politicians and foreign policy reminiscent of those 1930s' middleweight movie heroes.
From Time Magazine Archive
Its "Discovery Course in Elementary Math and Its Application," now in its third semester, peddles soft-core math, or math disguised as games.
From Time Magazine Archive
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