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Complete Definition of "empty suit"

English

Noun
en-noun|sg=empty suit

  1. A person ineffective or incompetent in his/her position of authoriy. Derived from unfavorable observations that ineffective professionals are memorable only for what they wear and not what they accomplish at the workplace. [c. 1970]

References
littlegreenfootbals.com Oct 22, 2006, The Empty Suit, New York Times spokesman Barney Calame -- the widely-reviled, worthless "public editor".

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