vacuous

[ vak-yoo-uh s ]

/ ˈvæk yu əs /

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adjective

without contents; empty: the vacuous air.

lacking in ideas or intelligence: a vacuous mind.

expressing or characterized by a lack of ideas or intelligence; inane; stupid: a vacuous book.

purposeless; idle: a vacuous way of life.

Words nearby vacuous

vacuity, vacuolate, vacuolated, vacuolation, vacuole, vacuous, vacutome, vacuum, vacuum activity, vacuum aspiration, vacuum bottle

Origin of vacuous

1645–55; < Latin vacuus empty; see -ous

OTHER WORDS FROM vacuous

vac·u·ous·ly, adverbvac·u·ous·ness, nounnon·vac·u·ous, adjectivenon·vac·u·ous·ly, adverb

non·vac·u·ous·ness, nounun·vac·u·ous, adjectiveun·vac·u·ous·ly, adverbun·vac·u·ous·ness, noun

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH vacuous

vacant vacuous vapid

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Examples from the Web for vacuous

Smith speaks with perfect articulation and a vacuous undertone laces her words.
Shakespeare’s Movie Magic|Marina Watts, Malcolm Jones|April 24, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The assumption that feminism comes in a neat, Xeroxable package is gravely outmoded and vacuous.
Despite What You May Think, Miley Cyrus and Rihanna Are Feminists|Rawiya Kameir|November 21, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Speaking of Daisy, Mulligan does as elegant a job as possible portraying such a vacuous character.
The Great Gatsby, Starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Is a Relentless Assault on the Senses|Marlow Stern|May 8, 2013|DAILY BEAST
In America, however, there is a stubborn strain of vacuous unawareness that reflects no credit on American society.
Ignorant America|Tunku Varadarajan|August 30, 2010|DAILY BEAST

That vacuous content which engrosses the body after long indisposition, held her imperatively.
A Mountain Woman and Others|(AKA Elia Wilkinson) Elia W. Peattie
But they were nowhere to be seen; the faces were stolid, or indifferent, or intent, or vacuous.
The Best Short Stories of 1921 and the Yearbook of the American Short Story|Various
He was in his ghostly incognito, for he always traveled lightly in vacuous and doubtful regions.
The Book of Gud|Dan Spain
The counsel of the vacuous Mr. Fopling followed him to ring in his ears like words of guidance.
The President|Alfred Henry Lewis
Vacuous refers to the condition of being empty or vacant, regarded as continuous or characteristic.
English Synonyms and Antonyms|James Champlin Fernald

British Dictionary definitions for vacuous

vacuous

/ (ˈvækjʊəs) /

adjective

containing nothing; empty

bereft of ideas or intelligence; mindless

characterized by or resulting from vacancy of minda vacuous gaze

indulging in no useful mental or physical activity; idle

logic maths (of an operator or expression) having no import; idle: in (x) (John is tall) the quantifier (x) is vacuous

Derived forms of vacuous

vacuously, adverbvacuousness, noun

Word Origin for vacuous

C17: from Latin vacuus empty, from vacāre to be empty

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vacuous

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