Meaning & use
Pablum
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Bland, simplistic, or unchallenging writing, speech, or ideas, especially when intended to be inoffensive or easily digestible.
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Critics dismissed the politician's speech as pablum with no real substance.
The sitcom offered nothing but pablum for lazy Sunday viewing.
A note on using this word
Originally a trademarked name for a bland infant cereal; the word became a general term for intellectually thin material.
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