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Discover LudwigThe phrase "are not facile" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe something that is not easy, simple, or superficial, often in a context where depth or complexity is implied.
Example: "The concepts discussed in the lecture are not facile; they require careful consideration and analysis."
Alternatives: "are not simple" or "are not straightforward."
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We get answers – but not to everything, and the ones we do get are not facile.
It also means too frequent and too lengthy pauses in chest compressions if the crews are not facile at placing the tube.
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Intelligent people saying things that were not facile.
However, In and Ga electrodeposition is not facile from aqueous electrolytes.
In that sense, it is not facile to wonder if we are all Indonesians now, facing the perplexities of a shattering old order.
Bringing women's chests into the discussion is not facile, since all your arguments could equally be deployed in favour of a society in which not only men but women are permitted, even encouraged, to walk the streets topless.
Bush, though he has a better command of detail than Reagan, is not facile enough to play that game, and when he does let himself get pinned down on the details, he exposes the fact that on taxes or guns or abortion he is more conservative than most voters.
Pinpointing the causes of increased vision loss in children and youth is not facile.
It was media gotcha, but it worked because the idea of Ford's physical clumsiness expressed a larger truth, that he was not facile with words.
It's not facile 'optimistic' pep talk like 'We can build a tower to the stars!' It's engagement with the laws of physics, mechanics, engineering -- 'how tall can steel reach?' That's a good question.
The permease components and SBPs have limited primary sequence similarity, and thus their identification is not facile.
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