pablum
/ˈpæbləm/
noun
- Writing, speech, or ideas that are overly simple, boring, or lacking in substance.
- The politician's speech was just pablum designed to avoid any real issues.
- Critics dismissed the novel as sentimental pablum for uncritical readers.
- The company's mission statement was corporate pablum that said nothing meaningful.
- A brand name for a soft, bland cereal for infants; by extension, any bland or mushy food.
- After days of spicy food, I craved something simple like pablum.
- My grandmother used to mix pablum with warm milk for the babies.
- The hospital served the patient nothing but pablum after his surgery.
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