Fatuous
Fatuous:
foolish or inane, especially in an unconscious, complacent manner; silly.
Sample Sentences:
- Henry's portentous musings on the futility of war seem fatuous beside his clear-eyed account of how war looks.
- It is as fatuous to deny the existence of evil as it is to toss the word around irresponsibly.
- If another reason is to effect education reform, the idea is fatuous.
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There are a couple meanings to the word fatuous and how it can be used. Most commonly however it is used to describe a person or thing that is silly, surreal, unreal, or related to illusions. There was a quote from The Hobbit that was funny. Gandalf was talking to a fellow wizard that lives in the forest, he eats mushrooms. Gandalf had told his friend that he was to fatuous of a fool. This other wizard was definately slightly delusional and slightly foolish. Gandalf's description fit him well.
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