platitudinous

The speech was long and, I can now see, rather platitudinous.

He made a speech that was in some ways almost platitudinous.

But in the last decade and a half his use of these images has become platitudinous.

And there must be a less platitudinous shrink/group leader in the house.

But the conclusion of the group, in his view, was fairly platitudinous.

After a few moments more of this platitudinous chat we bowed and went our ways.

But in addition to being platitudinous, it is misleading.

To say that three tricks are better than two might seem platitudinous, but the words "nearly always" must be inserted.

The moral lessons that he draws from his own experience tend to the platitudinous.

He is a rather wooden and platitudinous public speaker.

Nevertheless Martin liked him better than the platitudinous bank cashier.

Comments that might read as platitudinous rang with quiet force and sincerity.

"Even when some of the conflicts between generations seem almost platitudinous, they are handled with grace and intelligence."

In fact, it does the opposite, because the dancers' statements are so uniformly platitudinous.

To write this sounds platitudinous, yet to translate that understanding into daily practice is far more difficult than might at first appear.

Why not settle down upon the formula that to be platitudinous is to be happy?

But what else can explain cutting and pasting a platitudinous speech, as he does on Sept. 16?

At first glance, Sir John found it too platitudinous and vague to set.

Too often, the "significance" feels platitudinous, even as its expression dazzles.

The problem is, platitudinous business maxims notwithstanding, the customer isn't always right.

These are strengths: his platitudinous text exposed the weaknesses.

As such it is tremendously affecting without ever seeming platitudinous or sentimental (Scott).

So here we have another lazy platitudinous neon.

She plays the kind of understanding, platitudinous fiancee who might drive any serious alcoholic more quickly to murder than abstinence.

In "My Petition," a boy asks our narrator to sign a platitudinous letter to the president.