Meaning of mailed-in | Babel Free

Definitions

Done with a lack of enthusiasm; Half-hearted.

Examples

“This was just a waste⟳ of a remake⟳. Amber Heard gave the most mailed-in performance I’ve ever seen.”

“Benedict Cumberbatch's mailed-in performance as the disinterested wyrm is a bit disappointing and far from the fearsome foe found in the original book.”

“That might sound⟳ a little harsh, but the truth is that this movie is one of those that a lot of people should be able to recognize as a mailed-in attempt⟳ at something that could have⟳ loosely been called an appealing story had the writer decided to go back and, with their eyes open⟳, find⟳ the glaring inaccuracies and inconsistencies that they’d included in the story.”

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