empty suit

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[edit] English

[edit] Noun

Singular
empty suit

Plural
empty suits

empty suit (plural empty suits)

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

[edit] 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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