sophomoric

• Sears, “Low Down,” 175-91, provides perhaps the fullest examination in print, but like the rest of his article, it is snide, sophomoric, and packed with misinformation, including the ridiculous assumption that Bowie invented the name Sampeyrac really intending it to represent the French sans payer rien , which would then translate to “Bernardo who pays nothing.” Though unusual, the surname was genuine enough. —  Three Roads to Alamo
• They are at least sophomoric, and I am coming around to the view that they do serve a useful function—provide the expedition's anarchists and jokers with an outlet for anti-social and anti-authoritarian sentiment, and so keep them from bloodily overthrowing local Officialdom. —  FSFOct/Nov2004
• Someone above used "sophomoric," and that is descriptive of what this tone of his conveys, for me. —  RealClimate
• As reported in 1866 by the painter F. B. Carpenter, the president referred in 1864 to misinterpretations by "sophomoric" actors who did not appreciate the depth and complexity of Richard's "bitterness and satire." —  Claremont.org
• She sounded sophomoric -- and I'm tempering my rhetoric. —  The Moderate Voice

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