flippant

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not serious about a serious subject, in an attempt to be funny or to appear clever:

a flippant remark/attitude

It's easy to be flippant, but we have a serious problem to deal with here.

I think she just thought I was being flippant.

showing or having a rude attitude of not being serious esp. by trying to be amusing when most people expect you to be serious:

We had lost thousands of dollars, so we did not appreciate his flippant remark about "better luck next time."