There is an equally facile sub-breed of Malthusians convinced that the World will exhaust its energy reserves in 15-20 years. |
The book is plagued by turgid prose, facile observations, and far-fetched inferences from limited evidence. |
They try to turn our complex and multifaceted planet into the facile contents of a military thriller. |
The opening-half exchanges gave little indication that Sligo would score such a facile victory. |
It trades on facile ideas about city and country, youth and age, boys and girls. |
Often, they swallow the facile lie that victims of terror are somehow culpable. |