Fatuous
adjective
Silly and showing a lack of intelligence or thought.
His fatuous comments about the environment showed his lack of understanding on the subject.
Often appears as...
- fatuous remark
- fatuous smile
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Disapproving
adjective
Silly and showing a lack of intelligence or thought.
His fatuous comments about the environment showed his lack of understanding on the subject.
Often appears as...
- fatuous remark
- fatuous smile
Usage tips
Disapproving
Definition 1 of 1
Pro Tip 1/3Negative Connotation
The word 'fatuous' often implies a critical or disapproving tone when describing someone's actions or remarks.
The politician's fatuous promises made the crowd skeptical.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Always Humorous
'Fatuous' may sound like 'funny', but it actually criticizes a lack of seriousness or thought when it's needed.
She dismissed his fatuous attempts to solve the problem as unhelpful.
Pro Tip 3/3Informal Context
Use 'fatuous' in informal discussions and writings where a more conversational tone is appropriate.
During the debate, he made some fatuous points that undermined his credibility.
Pro Tip 1/3Negative Connotation
The word 'fatuous' often implies a critical or disapproving tone when describing someone's actions or remarks.
The politician's fatuous promises made the crowd skeptical.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Always Humorous
'Fatuous' may sound like 'funny', but it actually criticizes a lack of seriousness or thought when it's needed.
She dismissed his fatuous attempts to solve the problem as unhelpful.
Pro Tip 3/3Informal Context
Use 'fatuous' in informal discussions and writings where a more conversational tone is appropriate.
During the debate, he made some fatuous points that undermined his credibility.
Pro Tip 1/3Negative Connotation
The word 'fatuous' often implies a critical or disapproving tone when describing someone's actions or remarks.
The politician's fatuous promises made the crowd skeptical.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Always Humorous
'Fatuous' may sound like 'funny', but it actually criticizes a lack of seriousness or thought when it's needed.
She dismissed his fatuous attempts to solve the problem as unhelpful.
Pro Tip 3/3Informal Context
Use 'fatuous' in informal discussions and writings where a more conversational tone is appropriate.
During the debate, he made some fatuous points that undermined his credibility.
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Quote examples
Ameen Rihani
Lebanese Writer
Deficiencies in individuals, as in States, have their value and import. Indeed, that sublime impulse of perfectibility, always vivacious, always working under various forms and with one underlying purpose, would be futile without them, and fatuous.
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Alastair Campbell
British Journalist
One of the more fatuous remarks I've heard in recent days is that 'My Life,' Clinton's autobiography, is too long and, at almost 1,000 pages, short it is not. But this man was for eight years the President of the most powerful country on earth.
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Rupert Graves
English Actor
You have to be savvy to be a celebrity. You have to create a personality and shove that out. It just seems fatuous to me. Professionally, it's a good idea. But I can't do it.
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Nigel Farage
British Politician
I have been unsure, from the start, what the Occupy movement was all about, although I did suspect that it was just fatuous, anti-enterprise, left-wingery.
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Samuel Butler
British Poet
No mistake is more common and more fatuous than appealing to logic in cases which are beyond her jurisdiction.
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Ameen Rihani
Lebanese Writer
Deficiencies in individuals, as in States, have their value and import. Indeed, that sublime impulse of perfectibility, always vivacious, always working under various forms and with one underlying purpose, would be futile without them, and fatuous.
Quote examples
Alastair Campbell
British Journalist
One of the more fatuous remarks I've heard in recent days is that 'My Life,' Clinton's autobiography, is too long and, at almost 1,000 pages, short it is not. But this man was for eight years the President of the most powerful country on earth.
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Rupert Graves
English Actor
You have to be savvy to be a celebrity. You have to create a personality and shove that out. It just seems fatuous to me. Professionally, it's a good idea. But I can't do it.
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Nigel Farage
British Politician
I have been unsure, from the start, what the Occupy movement was all about, although I did suspect that it was just fatuous, anti-enterprise, left-wingery.
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Samuel Butler
British Poet
No mistake is more common and more fatuous than appealing to logic in cases which are beyond her jurisdiction.
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