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