vacant
adjective
having no contents; empty; void.
vacantly
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a word derived from
vacant.
Example Sentences
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Dutifully but vacantly, he keeps an all-night vigil by her coffin.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 2, 2026
Chavez's corner urged him to "let his hands go" but he stared vacantly into the distance.
From BBC ● Jun. 29, 2025
But as the season progressed, I found myself vacantly scrolling through my phone less and less during the games.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 7, 2024
Through the high-paned glass windows, you look, vacantly, at the brownish-grey Potomac River and an empty Ferris wheel.
From Slate ● Mar. 6, 2023
The thing looked around vacantly with its one eye, as if it had lost her.
From "Coraline" by Neil Gaiman
