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empty-headed

American  
[emp-tee-hed-id] / ˈɛmp tiˈhɛd ɪd /

adjective

  1. lacking intelligence or knowledge; foolish; brainless.


empty-headed British  

adjective

  1. lacking intelligence or sense; frivolous

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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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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