vacuous

From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishvacuousvac‧u‧ous /ˈvækjuəs/ adjective formal STUPID/NOT INTELLIGENTshowing no intelligence or having no useful purpose a vacuous expression a vacuous romantic novelExamples from the Corpusvacuous• Some kind of comparison outside the text or corpus is necessary, otherwise statements of frequency are vacuous.• vacuous cocktail-party conversation• In a more reflective mood, the Marxist explanation turned out to be almost vacuous, in detail.• Sure, he delivered a vacuous inaugural speech.• Unfortunately, while superficially attractive, those context-independent truth criteria which have been suggested turn out to be vacuous or tautological.• Far from being vacuous storytelling, myth in its true sense is a communion with the deepest truths of existence.Origin vacuous (1600-1700) Latin vacuus “empty”

单词	vacuous
释义	vacuous From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishvacuousvac‧u‧ous /ˈvækjuəs/ adjective formal STUPID/NOT INTELLIGENTshowing no intelligence or having no useful purpose a vacuous expression a vacuous romantic novelExamples from the Corpusvacuous• Some kind of comparison outside the text or corpus is necessary, otherwise statements of frequency are vacuous.• vacuous cocktail-party conversation• In a more reflective mood, the Marxist explanation turned out to be almost vacuous, in detail.• Sure, he delivered a vacuous inaugural speech.• Unfortunately, while superficially attractive, those context-independent truth criteria which have been suggested turn out to be vacuous or tautological.• Far from being vacuous storytelling, myth in its true sense is a communion with the deepest truths of existence.Origin vacuous (1600-1700) Latin vacuus “empty”
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