fatuous

ˈfætʃuəs
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Translation of fatuous into German

Adjective

foolish person

showing foolishness, sometimes with self-satisfaction
  • His fatuous remarks made everyone roll their eyes.Seine törichten Bemerkungen brachten alle dazu, die Augen zu verdrehen.
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Synonyms and analogies of fatuous in English

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Examples of fatuous in a sentence

  • He made a fatuous promise he couldn't keep.

Translations of "fatuous" in Context ordered by category and frequency

Adjective
törichtadj.

The innocuous word is fatuous.

Das arglose Wort ist töricht.

einfältigadj.

Mathematics does seem terribly fatuous now.

Mathematik kommt mir heute furchtbar einfältig vor.

unsinnigeadj.

The fatuous quiz revealed that most participants didn't take it seriously.

Das unsinnige Quiz zeigte, dass die meisten Teilnehmer es nicht ernst nahmen.

unverschämtesteadj.

That's the most fatuous lie you could possibly think up.

Das ist die unverschämteste Lüge, die dir einfallen konnte!

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  • abgeschmacktadj.

fatuous: Examples and translations in context

I cannot imagine an economics class tolerating such fatuous and intemperate nonsense.

Ich kann mir nicht vorstellen, dass Studenten der Wirtschaftswissenschaften solchen törichten und unmäßigen Unsinn tolerieren.

It was an empty, fatuous, vulgar load of nothing.

Es war eine geballte Ladung eines leeren, einfältigen, geschmacklosen Nichts.

I found his fatuous claim that he could fly quite amusing.

Seine unsinnige Behauptung, er könne fliegen, fand ich ziemlich amüsant.

The fatuous argument left no room for serious discussion on the matter.

Das unsinnige Argument ließ keinen Raum für eine ernsthafte Diskussion über das Thema.

The fatuous design of the product turned off potential customers.

Das unsinnige Design des Produkts schreckte potenzielle Kunden ab.

Contrary to the fatuous illusion that the EU protects the "free movement" of immigrants, the EU is a capitalist cartel whose overriding concern is the free movement of capital among its member states.

Im Gegensatz zu der einfältigen Illusion, dass die EU die „Freizügigkeit" von Immigranten beschützt, ist sie ein kapitalistisches Kartell, dessen vorherrschendes Anliegen die Freizügigkeit von Kapital unter seinen Mitgliedsstaaten ist.

We also have so much evidence connecting THC with short-term psychotic effects that it's fatuous to ignore it.

Wir haben so viele Belege für den Zusammenhang von THC mit kurzfristigen psychotischen Effekten, dass es töricht wäre, diese zu ignorieren.

When the fatuous tyrants, Jie and Zhou, ran the country, they did everything they could to make people obey their orders blindly.

Als die törichten Tyrannen, Jie und Zhou, das Land führten, taten sie alles, damit das Volk ihren Befehlen blindlings folgte.

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