fatuous
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Before getting into the details of these fatuous claims, a few words of background on Trump’s Venezuelan adventure are warranted.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2026
But at least they made an attempt, however fatuous, to persuade the American people and the country’s international allies that there was a reason for doing so.
From Salon ● Feb. 24, 2026
Visually epic, sonically relentless and otherwise fatuous, the film has a dramatic inertia occasionally punctuated by eruptions of utter catastrophe—a series of shocks that leaves you singed, shaken and not much better for it.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 13, 2025
The writing, however, has none of Anderson’s wit, tending instead toward a kind of broad and fatuous slapstick that’s closer to “2 Broke Girls” than “The Royal Tenenbaums.”
From New York Times ● Jun. 22, 2023
Her expression of duplicity was balanced by the fatuous confidence with which the Unicom regarded her.
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
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