The professor was not convinced but nonetheless respected his sophomoric argument. From LearnThat.org.
Adjective : sophomoric questions. From Dictionary.com.
To call the musical -- praised on its way to Broadway's Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre and additional kudos -- "sophomoric" is to flatter it. From Wordnik.com. [David Finkle: First Nighter: Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson Is Bloody Awful] Reference
ROSS: I would think it ` s kind of sophomoric, to be honest with you. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Apr 18, 2007] Reference
Scuse me for butting in, but is "sophomoric" the word you were looking for earlier?. From Wordnik.com. [Tar Baby] Reference
Choosing four more years of Bush-like policies to make some kind of sophomoric point is a disservice to your party. From Wordnik.com. [Obama picks up two superdelegates, gap narrowed to seven] Reference
This kind of sophomoric Mean Girls bitchiness shouldn't just be confined to fun loving kooks like Buckley Novak and Bork. From Wordnik.com. [Hullabaloo] Reference
I would say 'sophomoric' but that's at least several grades too high. From Wordnik.com. [MetaChat] Reference
Considered a 'sophomoric' effort by those incapable of answering, on point. From Wordnik.com. [Drudge Retort] Reference
"level of humor might fairly be described as sophomoric were that not an insult to sophomores.". From Wordnik.com. [Gothamist] Reference
Someone above used "sophomoric," and that is descriptive of what this tone of his conveys, for me. From Wordnik.com. [RealClimate] Reference
In fact, it is the root of the words "sophomoric" and "sophisticated", the latter not intended as any kind of compliment. From Wordnik.com. [Piece Of Mind] Reference
At least you didn’t embellish your own post with the kind of sophomoric snoot your link reveals. From Wordnik.com. [Matthew Yglesias » Shocking] Reference
The Internet overflows with sophomoric head butting. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jul 10, 2006] Reference
Imagine having to read pieces by sophomoric sophomores. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jan 12, 2006] Reference
I could shake you when you come out with such sophomoric rot!. From Wordnik.com. [The Thorn Birds]
That'll teach her, I thought, quite pleased at my sophomoric humor. From Wordnik.com. [The Elvis Latte] Reference
Now, that ` s theoretical and sophomoric, but in a way, it isn ` t. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript May 16, 2008] Reference
And his flippant tone -- why the title's sophomoric double-entendre?. From Wordnik.com. [Trashing Mother Teresa] Reference
Absent that, people don't like the sophomoric humor, and they rejected the party. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Nov 17, 2002] Reference
All the sophomoric polling questions were, who would you rather have a beer with?. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Oct 21, 2008] Reference
This was a discipline issue from a kid doing an unruly prank, a sophomoric prank. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Mar 19, 2007] Reference
For a while now, the kings at the top - young, male, sophomoric - have held steady. From Wordnik.com. [Will YouTube superstardom translate to TV?] Reference
And he's blathering about some sort of sophomoric definition of what a recession is?. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jul 10, 2008] Reference
Police spokesman Paul Jenkins dismisses the shirts as "a sophomoric attempt at humor.". From Wordnik.com. [Memories...] Reference
But he couldn't fake tolerance for sophomoric humor -- and isn't that required in politics?. From Wordnik.com. [Living Politics: Dissecting Howard Dean's Implosion] Reference
He looked sophomoric in some of those, as if diplomacy was going to be the only answer to Iraq. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jul 30, 2007] Reference
Byrd publicly rebuked Ridge for trivializing homeland security with "sophomoric political antics.". From Wordnik.com. [Homeland: Can Card Save The Incredible Shrinking] Reference
Maybe inside each my turn you can insert running parenthetical commentary on why the essay is so sophomoric. From Wordnik.com. [My Turn: Fear and Loathing on The 'My Turn' Trail] Reference
For this reason, it's not nearly as satisfying as Ferrell's previous two films, and some critics will find it sophomoric. From Wordnik.com. [THE ART OF IDIOCY] Reference
We have a choice: hold on to the sophomoric ideas of a more innocent time or accept the responsibilities of our current time. From Wordnik.com. [Letters to the Magazine] Reference
When we listen to the stuff we wrote when we were 18 years old it sounds a bit sophomoric to us, as it should - we were sophomores. From Wordnik.com. [Guster Graduates from College Band Status] Reference
And like Zappa, Phish's nonsensical lyrics and sophomoric subject matter keeps the band from truly breaking out in to the mainstream. From Wordnik.com. [Go Phish] Reference
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