fatuous

comparative more fatuous · superlative most fatuous

1. Inanely stupid; vacantly silly; content in one's foolishness.

   Near-synonyms: vacuous; see also Thesaurus:stupid

   3 more examples

   Maude Lebowski: Lord. You can imagine where it goes from here. The Dude: He fixes the cable? Maude: Don't be fatuous, Jeffrey.

   1998, Joel Coen, Ethan Coen, The Big Lebowski (screenplay)

   A fatuous love affair can easily result in a fatuous marriage. A couple who hardly know each other and, indeed, may not even really like each other, make a commitment that has little chance of being honoured.

   2004, Frank Tallis, Love Sick: Love as a Mental Illness, page 46

   While much publicity is given to fatuous 'reversing Beeching' ideas, the reality is that the real investment is focused on expanding the road network - [...].

   2020 December 2, Christian Wolmar, “Wales offers us glimpse of an integrated transport policy”, in Rail, page 56

   Synonyms: vacuous, addlebrained, addlepated, airheaded, bee-brained, beef-witted, soft, beefheaded