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adjective

fatuous

silly and pointless

In a sentence

Six example sentences with fatuous, each labelled with its topic.

  • The sequel replaced the original's quiet ending with a fatuous chase through a mall that convinced nobody in the theater.

    Movies

  • The debate produced one fatuous slogan after another, and by the closing statements neither side had named a single number.

    Politics

  • Critics dismissed the poem's refrain as fatuous, a rhyme about moonlight repeated eleven times without adding anything.

    Literature

  • The rebrand came with a fatuous slogan about unlocking tomorrow that nobody in the company could explain.

    Business

  • The update added a fatuous feature that made the icons bounce, and users spent a week finding the switch to disable it.

    Technology

  • The seminar wasted an hour on a fatuous objection that amounted to asking whether words mean anything at all.

    Philosophy

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