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vacuous
[ vak-yoo-uhs ]
/ ËvĂŠk yu És /
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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.
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Origin of vacuous
1645â55; from Latin vacuus âemptyâ; see -ous
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WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH vacuous
vacant, vacuousWords nearby vacuous
vacuity, vacuolate, vacuolated, vacuolation, vacuole, vacuous, vacutome, vacuum, vacuum activity, vacuum aspiration, vacuum bottle
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British Dictionary definitions for vacuous
vacuous
/ (ËvĂŠkjÊÉs) /
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, nounWord Origin for vacuous
C17: from Latin vacuus empty, from vacÄre to be empty
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