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From Latin fatuus (“foolish, silly, simple”).

(Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈfæt.ju.əs/
(General American) IPA(key): /ˈfæ.tʃu.əs/

fatuous (comparative more fatuous, superlative most fatuous)

Obnoxiously stupid; vacantly silly; content in one's foolishness.
Synonyms: vacuous; see also Thesaurus:stupid
- 2004, Frank Tallis, Love Sick: Love as a Mental Illness, page 46:
  A fatuous love affair can easily result in a fatuous marriage. A couple who hardly know each other and, indeed, may not even really like each other, make a commitment that has little chance of being honoured.
- 2020 December 2, Christian Wolmar, “Wales offers us glimpse of an integrated transport policy”, in Rail, page 56:
  While much publicity is given to fatuous 'reversing Beeching' ideas, the reality is that the real investment is focused on expanding the road network - [...].

obnoxiously stupid

Armenian: տխմար (hy) (txmar)
Bulgarian: глу́пав (bg) (glúpav), безсми́слен (bg) (bezsmíslen)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 愚笨 (zh) (yúbèn), 蠢的 (zh) (chǔn de), 愚昧 (zh) (yúmèi)
Czech: hloupý (cs), pitomý (cs)
Dutch: dwaas (nl), onwijs (nl)
Estonian: kohtlane
Finnish: älytön (fi), typerä (fi)
French: imbécile (fr), stupide (fr), niais (fr)
German: töricht (de), albern (de)
Greek: ανόητος (el) m (anóitos), κουτός (el) m (koutós)
Hungarian: ostoba (hu), balga (hu), dőre (hu), oktalan (hu), oktondi (hu)
Indonesian: bodoh (id), tolol (id), dungu (id)
Irish: baoth, díchéillí, amadánta, baothánta
Italian: fatuo (it)
Japanese: 愚かな (ja) (おろかな, oroka na)
Latin: fatuus, stultus (la)
Macedonian: глу́пав (glúpav), бе́смислен (bésmislen)
Plautdietsch: sennlooss
Polish: głupi (pl), niedorzeczny (pl)
Portuguese: fátuo (pt)
Russian: глу́пый (ru) (glúpyj), дура́цкий (ru) (duráckij), бессмы́сленный (ru) (bessmýslennyj)
Scottish Gaelic: baoth, amaideach, gòrach
Spanish: fatuo (es)