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Copout

Avoidance or inadequate performance of a task or duty; the action of copping out.

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noun
  1. 1

    Avoidance or inadequate performance of a task or duty; the action of copping out.

    "His disappearance on the day of the audition was just a cop-out."

  2. 2

    An excuse made in order to avoid performing a task or duty; a reason offered when someone cops out.

    "It was a cop-out to say he couldn't sign the petition because he sprained his wrist."

  3. 3

    A person who cops out.

    "He's always a cop-out when there's hard work to be done."

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Copout"

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coverupnounAlternative spelling of cover-up. [An attempt to conceal or disguise something, especially a wrongdoing or a mistake.]
copy-catnounAlternative spelling of copycat. [(informal, derogatory) One who imitates or plagiarizes others' work.]
copy catnounAlternative spelling of copycat. [(informal, derogatory) One who imitates or plagiarizes others' work.]
cast-offnounAlternative form of castoff. [Something that has been rejected or discarded; a reject.]
hide-outnounAlternative spelling of hideout. [A place to hide.]
cutoutnounAlternative spelling of cut-out. [A hole or space produced when something is removed by cutting.]
keystone kopnounAlternative form of Keystone Cop. [(informal) A bungling, incompetent policeman.]
blow-offnounAlternative spelling of blowoff. [Something that is blown off.]
cop killernounAlternative spelling of cop-killer. [A person who deliberately kills an on-duty police officer.]
walkoffnounAlternative form of walk-off. [A prisoner who escapes custody without violence by taking advantage of the opportunity provided by negligent or distracted guards.]
holdupnounAlternative form of hold-up. [(colloquial) A delay or wait.]
slipupnounAlternative form of slip-up. [(idiomatic) A (small) error or mistake; a (minor) misstep.]
sell-outnounAlternative form of sellout. [(informal, idiomatic) An action in which principles are compromised for personal gain.]
run-aroundnounSynonym of runabout.
back-stopnounAlternative spelling of backstop. [An object or a person put in the rear or in the back of something to reinforce, hold, support.]
copshopnounAlternative form of cop shop. [(UK, New Zealand, Australia, Canada, slang) A police station.]
bump-offnounAlternative spelling of bumpoff. [(chiefly US, slang) A murder.]
screw-upnounAlternative spelling of screwup. [(colloquial) A substantial mistake, usually causing problems for more people than just the person or group who made it.]
ripoffnounAlternative spelling of rip-off. [(countable) A bad deal; an unfair or exorbitant price or rate.]
fall-backnounAlternative form of fallback. [An act of falling back.]

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