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What does facile mean?

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Adjective
  1. Easy, now especially in a disparaging sense; contemptibly easy. [from 15th c.]
  2. (now rare) Amiable, flexible, easy to get along with. [from 16th c.]
  3. Effortless, fluent (of work, abilities etc.). [from 17th c.]
  4. Lazy, simplistic (especially of explanations, discussions etc.). [from 19th c.]
  5. (chemistry) Of a reaction or other process, taking place readily.
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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.
In each, a few images are artlessly patched together, their Dada spirit in keeping with their facile, throwaway humor.
It's also an utterly facile argument that successful competition is somehow linked to the freedom to use foul language, as you suggest.
There is an equally facile sub-breed of Malthusians convinced that the World will exhaust its energy reserves in 15-20 years.
If you want Swift to be a dark ironist rather than a facile pamphleteer, you might examine the premises that make his fable so easy to digest.

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