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WORD OF THE DAY
 
Fatuous
FA-tchoo-əs/
Part of speech: adjective
Origin: Latin, early 17th century
 
1
Silly and pointless.
2
Lacking intelligence.
 
 
 
Examples of Fatuous in a sentence
 
"He thought the decorative pillows were fatuous, but they made his mom happy."
 
"The teacher got frustrated by the fatuous questions that showed the students hadn't been paying attention."
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