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be glib
adjective
Having a ready flow of words but lacking thought or understanding; superficial; shallow.
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But don't be glib.
It's important not to be glib.
I don't want to be glib.
But don't be glib about the rest.
On television she showed a painful and very appealing inability to be glib.
She's best when tackling painful subjects, and while she's capable of happiness, she could never be glib.
The book also explores religion, class, weather, community and education as factors, and it can be glib to the point of offensiveness in tossing these constructs around.
The point is that nobody – least of all medical educationalists – can afford to be glib about how this facet of medical professionalism can best be found or achieved.
It would also be glib to attribute the remainder of it purely to lingering weariness from Thursday's match against Olympiakos in Athens.
It may be glib to point out that more 18- to 24-year-olds voted in a Big Brother eviction poll than in the election, but it is a telling fact.
I think it was meant to be glib.
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