vacuous

vac·u·ous

V0003500 (văk′yo͞o-əs)adj.1. a. Lacking intelligence; stupid or empty-headed.b. Devoid of substance or meaning; vapid or inane: a vacuous comment.c. Devoid of expression; vacant: a vacuous stare. See Synonyms at empty.2. Lacking serious purpose or occupation; idle: "A sleepless night was followed by a vacuous day" (Zon Ferraris).3. Archaic Devoid of matter; empty: vacuous space.

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[From Latin vacuus, empty; see vacuum.]

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vac′u·ous·ly adv.vac′u·ous·ness n.

vacuous

(ˈvækjʊəs) adj1. containing nothing; empty2. bereft of ideas or intelligence; mindless3. characterized by or resulting from vacancy of mind: a vacuous gaze. 4. indulging in no useful mental or physical activity; idle5. (Logic) logic maths (of an operator or expression) having no import; idle: in (x) (John is tall) the quantifier (x) is vacuous6. (Mathematics) logic maths (of an operator or expression) having no import; idle: in (x) (John is tall) the quantifier (x) is vacuous[C17: from Latin vacuus empty, from vacāre to be empty] ˈvacuously adv ˈvacuousness n

vac•u•ous

(ˈvæk yu əs)

adj. 1. empty. 2. lacking in or showing a lack of ideas or intelligence: a vacuous mind. 3. purposeless; idle. [1645–55; < Latin vacuus empty] vac′u•ous•ly, adv. vac′u•ous•ness, n.

Thesaurus

Adj.	1.	vacuous - devoid of intelligenceasinine, fatuous, inane, mindlessfoolish - devoid of good sense or judgment; "foolish remarks"; "a foolish decision"
	2.	vacuous - devoid of significance or point; "empty promises"; "a hollow victory"; "vacuous comments"empty, hollowmeaningless, 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"blankincommunicative, 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

vacuous

adjective1. Containing nothing:bare, blank, clear, empty, vacant, void.2. Lacking intelligent thought or content:blank, empty, empty-headed, inane, vacant.

Translations

privovacuit...vacuo