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vacuous

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vac·u·ous  (vky-s)
adj.
1. Devoid of matter; empty.
2.
a. Lacking intelligence; stupid.
b. Devoid of substance or meaning; inane: a vacuous comment.
c. Devoid of expression; vacant: "The narrow, swinelike eyes were open, no more vacuous in death than they had been in life" (Nicholas Proffitt).
3. Lacking serious purpose or occupation; idle. See Synonyms at empty.

[From Latin vacuus, empty; see vacuum.]

vacu·ous·ly adv.
vacu·ous·ness n.

vacuous [ˈvækjʊəs]
adj
1. containing nothing; empty
2. bereft of ideas or intelligence; mindless
3. characterized by or resulting from vacancy of mind a vacuous gaze
4. indulging in no useful mental or physical activity; idle
5. (Philosophy / Logic) (Mathematics) Logic maths (of an operator or expression) having no import; idle: in (x) (John is tall) the quantifier (x) is vacuous
[from Latin vacuus empty, from vacāre to be empty]
vacuously  adv
vacuousness  n
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.vacuousvacuous - devoid of intelligence              
foolish - devoid of good sense or judgment; "foolish remarks"; "a foolish decision"
2.vacuousvacuous - devoid of significance or point; "empty promises"; "a hollow victory"; "vacuous comments"
meaningless, nonmeaningful - having no meaning or direction or purpose; "a meaningless endeavor"; "a meaningless life"; "a verbose but meaningless explanation"
3.vacuous - devoid of matter; "a vacuous space"
empty - holding or containing nothing; "an empty glass"; "an empty room"; "full of empty seats"; "empty hours"
4.vacuous - void of expression; "a blank stare"
incommunicative, uncommunicative - not inclined to talk or give information or express opinions

vacuous
adjective vapid, stupid, inane, blank, vacant, unintelligent the usual vacuous comments from the chat-show host
Translations
vacuous [ˈvækjʊəs] ADJ (frm) [expression] → vacío, ausente; [face] → alelado, de pasmo; [comment] → vacuo, vacío; [person] → alelado, bobo
vacuous [ˈvækjʊəs] adj [person, comment, song] → inepte
vacuous
adj eyes, face, stareausdruckslos, leer; film, play, book, remarksnichtssagend
vacuous [ˈvækjʊəs] adj (look, expression) → vacuo/a; (comment) → stupido/a, insulso/a
vacuous [ˈvækjʊəs] adj (look, expression) → vacuo/a; (comment) → stupido/a, insulso/a


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It finds ignoble occupation as a gaping-ground for the vacuous tourist,--somewhat as Heine might have imagined Pan carrying the gentleman's luggage from the coach to the hotel.
He was about fifty years of age, clean shaven, with vacuous eyes and a weak mouth.
Again a startled look came over the somewhat vacuous face of Miss Mary Sutherland.
 
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