Fatuous

FATUOUS

foolish or inane, especially in an unconscious, complacentmanner; silly; unreal; illusory.

Sample Sentences

• In all ages, indeed, grammarians appear to have been fatuous.
• Henry's portentous musings on the futility of war seem fatuous beside his clear-eyed account of how war looks.

Usage

CNN Interview

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In the above Interview, fatuous is used when speaking about one of the commentators comments. This happened when Morgan stated that Toure had "a load of fatuous nonsense". Toure had made this remark beforehand "You are too new to the situation to fully understand what's going on here, and what's really at stake for America." Morgan and Toure were arguing about the Trayvon Martin case. 

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