vacuity

[ va-kyoo-i-tee, vuh- ]

/ væˈkyu ɪ ti, və- /

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noun, plural va·cu·i·ties.

the state of being vacuous or without contents; vacancy; emptiness: the vacuity of the open sea.

absence of thought or intelligence; inanity; blankness: a mind of undeniable vacuity.

a time or state of dullness, lacking in mental or physical action or productivity: the vacuity of modern existence.

an empty space; void: a vacuity in the earth formed by erosion.

absence or lack of something specified: a vacuity of feeling.

something inane, senseless, or stupid: conversation full of vacuities.

a vacuum.

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Origin of vacuity

First recorded in 1535–45; from Latin vacuitās; see vacuous, -ity

Words nearby vacuity

vacillating, vacillation, vacillator, vacillatory, vacua, vacuity, vacuolate, vacuolation, vacuole, vacuous, vacuum

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How to use vacuity in a sentence

As a treatise on the essential vacuity of the white liberal male, Boyhood is a staggering achievement.
Black 'Boyhood' Is Always Black First, Boy Later|Teo Bugbee|August 30, 2014|DAILY BEAST
What was intended to seem like “moral complexity” is left looking instead like utter moral vacuity.
"Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy": Almost Perfect, but for the Politics|Andrew Roberts|December 11, 2011|DAILY BEAST
A method of Vacuity pure and simple—the exact opposite of Mental Assimilation.
Assimilative Memory|Marcus Dwight Larrowe (AKA Prof. A. Loisette)
Tobacco is less a fosterer of thought than a solace of mental vacuity.
Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce|E. R. Billings.

It combats ennui, lassitude, and intolerable vacuity, soothing the nerves and diverting attention from self.
Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce|E. R. Billings.
This is the method of Vacuity or Dawdling formerly mentioned.
Assimilative Memory|Marcus Dwight Larrowe (AKA Prof. A. Loisette)
The sky wore, in another colour, the same likeness; a white vacuity of countenance with the lineaments gone.
Tess of the d'Urbervilles|Thomas Hardy

British Dictionary definitions for vacuity

vacuity

/ (væˈkjuːɪtɪ) /

noun plural -ties

the state or quality of being vacuous; emptiness

an empty space or void; vacuum

a lack or absence of something specifieda vacuity of wind

lack of normal intelligence or awareness; vacancyhis stare gave an impression of complete vacuity

something, such as a statement, saying, etc, that is inane or pointless

(in customs terminology) the difference in volume between the actual contents of a container and its full capacity

Word Origin for vacuity

C16: from Latin vacuitās empty space, from vacuus empty

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