airhead

airhead

A dim-witted, useless, or unintelligent person. I can't believe I got paired with such an airhead for this assignment. He's not going to get any work done at all!

airheaded

Frivolous, dim-witted, useless, or unintelligent. I can't believe I made such an airheaded comment. Ugh, I really wanted to impress them.
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Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

airhead

and airbrain
n. a stupid person. (Someone with air where there should be brains.) Some airbrain put mustard in the ketchup dispenser. Bart seems like such an airhead, but he’s all heart.

airheaded

mod. stupid; giddy. (A head full of air.) You are the most airheaded twit I have ever met!
See also: airhead
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
See also:
  • airbrain
  • airheaded
  • pumpkin head
  • (one's) way out of a paper bag
  • out of a paper bag
  • (one's) way out of a wet paper bag
  • couldn't find (one's) way out of a paper bag
  • smurfbrain
  • dim bulb
  • dim
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And it showed the Princess as an airhead who was obsessed with shopping and pop music.
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If only there were more like him, and fewer airhead B-listers who think they're entitled to public adulation and loadsamoney.
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