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vacuous (iou)



vacuous adjective. M17.
[from Latin vacuus empty, void: see -OUS.]
Empty of matter; containing nothing solid, tangible, or visible. M17.
b. Empty of air or gas; containing a vacuum. Now rare. M17.
Devoid of ideas; unintelligent; expressionless. M19.
P. L. Fermor Subsiding in a vacuous and contented trance. J. Heller Muriel's vacuous teen-age daughter finally terminated her conceited prattling.
Devoid of content or substance; meaningless. L19.
Times The original ideals have been..submerged beneath mountains of paper and vacuous talk. Look Now Success in doing something you don't enjoy is very vacuous.
Idle, indolent; not profitably occupied. L19.
vacuously adverb M19.
vacuousness noun M17.