Ameen Rihani

Deficiencies in individuals, as in States, have their value and import. Indeed, that sublime impulse of perfectibility, always vivacious, always working under various forms and with one underlying purpose, would be futile without them, and fatuous.

Lebanese Writer

Alastair Campbell

One of the more fatuous remarks I've heard in recent days is that 'My Life,' Clinton's autobiography, is too long and, at almost 1,000 pages, short it is not. But this man was for eight years the President of the most powerful country on earth.

British Journalist

Rupert Graves

You have to be savvy to be a celebrity. You have to create a personality and shove that out. It just seems fatuous to me. Professionally, it's a good idea. But I can't do it.

English Actor

Nigel Farage

I have been unsure, from the start, what the Occupy movement was all about, although I did suspect that it was just fatuous, anti-enterprise, left-wingery.

British Politician

Samuel Butler

No mistake is more common and more fatuous than appealing to logic in cases which are beyond her jurisdiction.

British Poet

The word 'fatuous' often implies a critical or disapproving tone when describing someone's actions or remarks.

Negative Connotation

'Fatuous' may sound like 'funny', but it actually criticizes a lack of seriousness or thought when it's needed.

Not Always Humorous

Use 'fatuous' in informal discussions and writings where a more conversational tone is appropriate.