empty suit
nounEtymology
Derived from unfavorable observations that ineffective professionals are memorable only for their attire and not their accomplishments at the workplace. First use appears c. 1950 in the New York Times.
Definitions
An ineffective or incompetent person in a place of authority.
A politician who has not fulfilled any campaign promises.
- John Doe is an empty suit running on an anti-populist platform.
The neighborhood
- neighborPeter principle
Derived
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for empty suit. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA