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facile
adjective
1 that's too facile an explanation:
simplistic, superficial, oversimple, oversimplified, schematic, black and white;
shallow, pat, glib, slick, jejune, naive;
North American, informal dime-store, bubblegum.
antonyms thorough, profound.
2 he achieved a facile six-lengths victory:
effortless, easy, undemanding, unexacting, painless, trouble-free, unchallenged;
leisurely, simple, uncomplicated, straightforward, elementary;
informal easy-peasy, as easy as pie, as easy as falling off a log, as easy as ABC, a piece of cake, child's play, kids' stuff, a cinch, no sweat, a doddle, a breeze, a pushover, money for old rope, money for jam;
North American, informal duck soup, a snap;
Australian, New Zealand, informal a bludge.
antonyms hard-won.