Meaning & use
fatuous
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silly and pointless, especially in a way that shows the person is very pleased with themselves
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He made a fatuous comment about the weather controlling the stock market.
The critics dismissed the film's plot as fatuous and unconvincing.
A note on using this word
Fatuous is stronger than simply 'silly' — it implies a smug or complacent kind of foolishness, as if the speaker doesn't realize how ridiculous they sound.
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