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adjective

flippant

not showing a serious or respectful attitude

In a sentence

Six example sentences with flippant, each labelled with its topic.

  • A flippant reply to the customer complaint spread across social media before the company had drafted a real answer.

    Business

  • The lead's flippant one liner during the funeral scene wrecks the mood the whole film had spent an hour building.

    Movies

  • His flippant remark about the opposing coach followed him all season, quoted on every away banner in the league.

    Basketball

  • The candidate's flippant answer about the flood victims played on every news channel for a week.

    Politics

  • The judge warned the defendant that another flippant comment from the stand would be treated as contempt.

    Law

  • Wilde's heroes are flippant about everything, dismissing marriage, money, and bad news with the same lifted eyebrow.

    Literature

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