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Today's Word "fatuous"

Inanely foolish and unintelligent on

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fatuous \FACH-oo-uhs\ (adjective) - 1 - Inanely foolish and unintelligent; stupid. 2 : Illusory; delusive.

"Management persisted in the fatuous belief that a little hocus-pocus in the annual report would so dazzle stockholders that they'd be too dazed to notice the company's actual earnings."

 

Fatuous comes from Latin fatuus, "foolish, idiotic, silly."


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