fatuous

Example Sentences

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The concept is simple but wildly effective, with enough force to push the viewer past many of the film’s fatuous elements.

From Salon • Mar. 15, 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

You’d be unwise to look to the movies for economic insight—this one amounts to an extended fatuous argument that an individual who behaved like a corporate restructuring would be a psychopath.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 24, 2025

And regardless, it’s Black X now, not necessarily in the Malcolm sense but in the more fatuous identity crisis sense.

From Los Angeles Times • May 10, 2024

I wish I could remember more of what was said that day—actually, I do remember much of what I said, most of it too fatuous for me to recall with pleasure.

From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt