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5036399389ubiquitousbeing or seeming to be everywhere at the same time; omnipresent. "Coffee shops are ubiquitous these days." "The immediate point of the fish story is that the most obvious, ubiquitous, important realities are often the ones that are the hardest to see and talk about."0
5036414209banalso lacking in originality as to be obvious and boring: "...songs with banal, repeated words."1
5036428738platitudea remark or statement (especially of a moral nature) that has been used too often to be interesting or thoughtful: "She began uttering liberal platitudes."2
5036470865deludeto impose a misleading belief upon someone; to deceive; to fool: "The morally corrupt politician deluded the public into believing he was an honest and respectable citizen."3
5036510199clichéa phrase or opinion that is overused and demonstrates a lack of original thought: "That old cliché, "what doesn't kill you only makes you stronger."4
5036542859surreptitiouskept secret, especially because it would not be approved of: "They carried on a surreptitious affair."5
5036549547apathylack of interest, enthusiasm, or concern: "...a widespread apathy among students."6
5036556700inconsequentialnot important or significant: "They talked about inconsequential things."7
5036562396tenuousvery weak, uncertain, insecure: "There's only a tenuous link between cell phone use and brain tumors." "He only has a tenuous grasp of calculus."8
5036614869malleableable to be shaped, formed, controlled, influenced: "If may not be fair, but employers often prefer to hire young and malleable workers.9

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