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Facile nonsense shortly rejected (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

glib

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'facile' is the definition.
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(Other definitions for glib that I've seen before include "freedom of speech?" , "Bush" , "Insincerely fluent" , "Smooth-tongued" , "Of speech, facile but insincere" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent and The Sun.
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