empty-headed

[ emp-tee-hed-id ]

adjective

1. lacking intelligence or knowledge; foolish; brainless.

empty-headed

adjective

1. lacking intelligence or sense; frivolous

Other Words From

• empty-headed·ness noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of empty-headed¹

First recorded in 1640–50

Example Sentences

Not even the most open-hearted (and empty-headed) idealist could look at these developments as a healthy sign for our society.

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I was paraded for the curiosity of empty-headed girls, outrageously dcollet and bejeweled.

From Project Gutenberg

Why did they promote that empty-headed countryman of yours to a place for which he was quite unfit?

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Though she was an empty-headed, brainless kind of woman, she was not by nature a wicked one.

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Mrs. Wyndham, for I was empty-headed and untrained, and I had a shallow, vulgar soul.

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As it is, I don't see what that empty-headed girl's got to keep a man with.

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