facile
FAS-uladjMeaning too simple to be useful; shallow and easy
Memory hook FAS-ul: a FAST, too-easy fix. Asked how to save the old theater, Rex says, “Just tell people to come!”, as if it were that simple. His answer is facile.
The essay offered a facile answer to a hard question.
In context Her critics called the plan facile: it promised to fix the city’s traffic jams simply by painting new lines, ignoring every deeper problem.
Similar superficial, simplistic, glib, shallow
Opposite profound, thoughtful, careful
From Latin facilis, “easy to do,” from facere (to do).