empty-headed
lacking intelligence or knowledge; foolish; brainless.
Origin of empty-headed
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- emp·ty-head·ed·ness, noun
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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 | THE DAILY BEASTI was paraded for the curiosity of empty-headed girls, outrageously dcollet and bejeweled.
The Wasted Generation | Owen JohnsonWhy did they promote that empty-headed countryman of yours to a place for which he was quite unfit?
Phineas Finn | Anthony TrollopeThough she was an empty-headed, brainless kind of woman, she was not by nature a wicked one.
The Nest of the Sparrowhawk | Baroness OrczyMrs. 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
lacking intelligence or sense; frivolous
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