Meaning of plat | Babel Free

Definitions

inane, lacking inspiration, corny, insipid

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Examples

“De ting, hun lavede, var platte og måtte klemmes ud af pligt. Først når de andre spillede dem, blev de til andet end livløse slag på klaveret.”

The things she made were uninspired and had to be squeezed out by duty. It was only when others played them that they became anything else than lifeless beatings on the piano.

“Jeg fandt, at især de sidste fire linjer i visen var platte og stødende.”

I found that, in particular, the last four lines in the song were inane and offensive.

“Enhver var af den opfattelse, Ladegaards morsomheder var platte.”

Everyone was of the view that Ladegaard's jokes were corny.

“... at de syntes Carolines bemærkninger var platte, ...”

... that they felt Caroline's remarks to be stupid, ...

“Mænds fascination af Martin berørte ham meget lidt. Han syntes dog bøsserne var besværlige – han syntes, de oftest var platte og seksuelt fikserede.”

The fascination that men held for Martin affected him very little. He did however feel that the gays were troublesome – he felt that they were most often insipid and sexually fixated.

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