purile

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To describe the conceptions of either Allah, Buddha or Jesus as "greedy, blind, wimpy invention of the human mind" is purile (I know Buddha is not a deity).

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  • Most of the feature films in the past ten years have been purile garbage. —  CD Freaks News
  • That being said, I could almost respect your arguments, if they weren't based on purile —  The Rebel Yell
  • About communicating science, how about asking some of your peers to cut down on purile stunts like the recent "google searches warm the planet" thing from Harvard. —  RealClimate
  • Uhhhhhhgggg the furious warped monster inside this Laura Ingraham …. this shows who her real audience is … only the most purile would be attracted to this. —  Think Progress
  • Having read your story title this morning "F365's Guide to massive semi's", I looked forward to the mailbox having loads of purile and obvious knob gags! —  TEAMtalk Football News
 

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