Fatuous and Foxy

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Fatuous

Fatuous adjective - Not having or showing an ability to absorb ideas readily.

Usage example: the fatuous questions that the audience members asked after the lecture suggested to the oceanographer that they had understood little

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Foxy is an antonym for fatuous.

Nearby Words: fatuity, fatuousness, fatuously

Foxy

Foxy adjective - Clever at attaining one's ends by indirect and often deceptive means.

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Fatuous is an antonym for foxy.

Nearby Word: fox

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