empty-headed

[ emp-tee-hed-id ]

/ ˈɛmp tiˈhɛd ɪd /

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adjective

lacking intelligence or knowledge; foolish; brainless.

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Origin of empty-headed

First recorded in 1640–50

OTHER WORDS FROM empty-headed

emp·ty-head·ed·ness, noun

Words nearby empty-headed

empty, empty calorie, empty calories, empty cow, empty-handed, empty-headed, empty morph, empty nest, empty nester, empty-nest syndrome, Empty Quarter

How to use empty-headed in a sentence

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
I was paraded for the curiosity of empty-headed girls, outrageously dcollet and bejeweled.
The Wasted Generation|Owen Johnson
Why did they promote that empty-headed countryman of yours to a place for which he was quite unfit?
Phineas Finn|Anthony Trollope
Though she was an empty-headed, brainless kind of woman, she was not by nature a wicked one.
The Nest of the Sparrowhawk|Baroness Orczy

Mrs. Wyndham, for I was empty-headed and untrained, and I had a shallow, vulgar soul.
A Life For a Love|L. T. Meade
As it is, I don't see what that empty-headed girl's got to keep a man with.
The Boy with Wings|Berta Ruck

British Dictionary definitions for empty-headed

empty-headed

adjective

lacking intelligence or sense; frivolous

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Origin of empty-headed

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