Usually means: Incompetent person lacking substance, effectiveness.
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  1. empty suit: Merriam-Webster
  2. empty suit: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. empty-suit: Wordnik
  4. empty suit: Wiktionary
  5. empty suit: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

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Definitions from Wiktionary (empty suit)

noun:  (derogatory) An ineffective or incompetent person in a place of authority.
noun:  A politician who hasn't made any campaign promises.

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