Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Lacking intelligence; stupid or empty-headed.
- adjective Devoid of substance or meaning; vapid or inane.
- adjective Devoid of expression; vacant: synonym: empty.
- adjective Lacking serious purpose or occupation; idle.
- adjective Archaic Devoid of matter; empty.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Empty; unfilled; void; vacant.
- Without intelligence or intelligent expression; unexpressive; showing no intelligence: as, a vacuous look.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Empty; unfilled; void; vacant.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Lacking meaningful
content . - adjective Showing a
lack ofthought orintelligence ;vacant
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective devoid of intelligence
- adjective devoid of matter
- adjective devoid of significance or point
- adjective void of expression
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Furthermore, labeling your argument vacuous is a condemnation of your argument, not of you.
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Scientifically vacuous is not the same as invalid.
Cleaning Up The Mess 2007
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MikeGene: Scientifically vacuous is not the same as invalid.
Cleaning Up The Mess 2007
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I cringe whenever I hear terms like “podosphere” or “blogsophere” but tonight, Steve made me retch like a college freshman at his first kegger with the ultimate in vacuous hyperbole: “mainstreammediaosphere”!
CJUG 2006
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But, anything less than declaring ID to be scientifically vacuous is shortchanging the public, who depend on scientists to be honest.
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She stood in the doorway, sucking on the straw, her face the twin of Tee Bobby’s, her expression vacuous, her eyes tangled with thoughts that probably no one could ever guess at.
Dave Robicheaux Ebook Boxed Set James Lee Burke 2002
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She stood in the doorway, sucking on the straw, her face the twin of Tee Bobby’s, her expression vacuous, her eyes tangled with thoughts that probably no one could ever guess at.
Jolie Blon’s Bounce James Lee Burke 2002
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She stood in the doorway, sucking on the straw, her face the twin of Tee Bobby’s, her expression vacuous, her eyes tangled with thoughts that probably no one could ever guess at.
Jolie Blon’s Bounce James Lee Burke 2002
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She stood in the doorway, sucking on the straw, her face the twin of Tee Bobby’s, her expression vacuous, her eyes tangled with thoughts that probably no one could ever guess at.
Dave Robicheaux Ebook Boxed Set James Lee Burke 2002
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She stood in the doorway, sucking on the straw, her face the twin of Tee Bobby’s, her expression vacuous, her eyes tangled with thoughts that probably no one could ever guess at.
Jolie Blon’s Bounce James Lee Burke 2002
jennarenn commented on the word vacuous
This word *perfectly* describes the face of one of my students. Some days I want to walk over and check his pulse.
September 21, 2007
100001016886860 commented on the word vacuous
Empty: The house was vacuous after the family left. (newbury house dic)
October 30, 2010
rolig commented on the word vacuous
I don't think I would describe a house as "vacuous" -- a face, an expression, a mind, yes, but not a house. For a house I would use the word "vacant". In fact, checking the Oxford American Dictionary, I see that, under "vacuous", the meaning "empty" is marked as "archaic".
October 31, 2010
Louises commented on the word vacuous
One knows one's madnesses, by and large. By and large the knowledge is vacuous. The notion of naming the beast to conquer it is the idiot optimism of psychotherapy. From "The Last Werewolf" by Glen Duncan.
March 3, 2012