empty-headed

[ emp-tee-hed-id ]

/ ˈɛmp tiˈhɛd ɪd /

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adjective

lacking intelligence or knowledge; foolish; brainless.

Nearby words

empty nester, empty set, empty suit, empty word, empty-handed, empty-headed, empty-nest syndrome, empty-nester, empurple, empyema, empyesis

Origin of empty-headed

First recorded in 1640–50

Related forms

emp·ty-head·ed·ness, noun

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Examples from the Web for empty-headed

Not even the most open-hearted (and empty-headed) idealist could look at these developments as a healthy sign for our society.
Swelling Welfare Rolls Are a Sure Sign That Recovery Never Happened|Michael Medved|August 23, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Apropos of this, Aristippus on one occasion rebuked an empty-headed parent neatly and wittily.
Plutarch's Morals|Plutarch
They talked without ceasing in an empty-headed stream of girlish chatter.
When It Was Dark|Guy Thorne
She watched him, not caring whether the empty-headed fools who sat all round saw her watching him or not.
The Heart of a Woman|Emmuska Orczy, Baroness Orczy

Why did they promote that empty-headed countryman of yours to a place for which he was quite unfit?
Phineas Finn|Anthony Trollope
Shallow, empty-headed creatures some of them might be, no doubt, but there were exceptions.
A Man of Means|P. G. Wodehouse and C. H. Bovill

British Dictionary definitions for empty-headed

empty-headed

adjective

lacking intelligence or sense; frivolous

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empty-headed

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empty-headed

adjective