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: April 8, 2024
\FATCH-oo-us\ adjective
What It Means
To describe something, such as an idea or remark, as fatuous is to say that it is foolish or silly rather than sensible or logical.
// Our hopes for an apology and a reasonable explanation for the error were met with fatuous platitudes.
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