vacuous
adjective
without contents; empty.
vacuousness
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a word derived from
vacuous.
Example Sentences
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While undeniably fun, there’s a vacuousness to them, ungrounded as they are in place or message—empty calories expelled as quickly as they’re digested.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 17, 2025
Let's place the vacuousness of George's sentiment in generous terms.
From Salon ● May 6, 2023
The play takes place in the office reception of “la junta,” a liminal space that conveys the timeless vacuousness of bureaucratic hellscapes.
From New York Times ● Jun. 3, 2022
And I'd put Vince Vaughn's ability to emote vacuousness in "Wedding Crashers" right up there with the best.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 28, 2014
Only Reba, with her light pimply skin and deferential manner, looked as though her simplicity might also be vacuousness.
From "Song of Solomon" by Toni Morrison
