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
Pinheaded and fatuous are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Pinheaded" instead an adjective "Fatuous".
Pinheaded
Pinheaded adjective - Not having or showing an ability to absorb ideas readily.
Usage example: pinheaded leadership that got us into this mess
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Fatuous & Pinheaded. N.p., 2016. Web. 15 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/fatuous/pinheaded>.
Pinheaded or Fatuous. 2016. Accessed August 15, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/fatuous/pinheaded.
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