empty
adjective
containing nothing; having none of the usual or appropriate contents.
Example Sentences
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Future observers will live in a universe that appears far smaller and emptier than the one we can see today.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 25, 2026
More: Oil settles at highest price in over a week, as supplies ‘are getting emptier each week Hormuz stays closed’
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 3, 2026
At Louis Armstrong International Airport in New Orleans, Kelly O’Brien said the airport was “surprisingly way emptier than I expected.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 7, 2025
When we paid one last visit to the fair in September, with children back at school, Coney Beach felt emptier.
From BBC ● Oct. 4, 2025
Jesse was nineteen, a graduate of Middleton High, in an even smaller and emptier town a few miles away.
From "Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho" by Jon Katz
