empty-headed
Americanadjective
adjective
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Etymology
Origin of empty-headed
First recorded in 1640–50
Example Sentences
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But, as with so much ambitious, empty-headed, underwhelming, ultimately depressing tech, the action that’s provoked by this expensive spectacle is merely a passing moment of “whoa.”
From New York Times • Jul. 2, 2023
Indeed, while he had tended to dismiss much of Paul's recent work as empty-headed instances of bubblegum pop, this new tune had truly caught his imagination.
From Salon • Mar. 14, 2020
William turns out to be a generous, decorative, sporty, empty-headed, furtively unfaithful playboy.
From Washington Post • Oct. 15, 2018
He had exactly the right level of empty-headed neediness to play Lost’s ostensible protagonist.
From The Guardian • Jan. 17, 2017
She’d come to the Smoke, and had brought the Specials, leaving Shay an empty-headed pretty, and Az dead.
From "Uglies" by Scott Westerfeld
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