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- Dictionaryvacuous/ˈvakjʊəs/
adjective
- 1. having or showing a lack of thought or intelligence; mindless: "a vacuous smile" Similar Opposite
- 2. empty. archaic
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The meaning of VACUOUS is emptied of or lacking content. How to use vacuous in a sentence. Did you know? Synonym Discussion of Vacuous.
VACUOUS definition: 1. not expressing or showing intelligent thought or purpose: 2. not expressing or showing…. Learn more.
VACUOUS meaning: having or showing a lack of intelligence or serious thought lacking meaning, importance, or substance.
not showing purpose, meaning, or intelligence; empty: To seem real to your readers, your characters must not be vacuous, but complex human beings with ordinary difficulties and goals. (Definition of vacuous from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
Reserved for the harmlessly stupid and truly meaningless, vacuous is a smart-sounding way to describe something dumb. Celebrity gossip and reality TV are usually pretty vacuous, even if they're fun. If someone smiles at you in a way that seems fake or empty, you could describe the smile as vacuous.
Vacuous definition: without contents; empty. See examples of VACUOUS used in a sentence.
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. logic, mathematics. (of an operator or expression) having no import; idle: in ( x) (John is tall) the quantifier (x) is vacuous.
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. (Logic) logic maths (of an operator or expression) having no import; idle: in (x) (John is tall) the quantifier (x) is vacuous. 6.
Definition of vacuous adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Having or showing lack of intelligence, interest, or thought; stupid; senseless; inane. Webster's New World. Similar definitions. Devoid of substance or meaning; vapid or inane. A vacuous comment. American Heritage. Devoid of expression; vacant. A vacuous stare. American Heritage. Empty of matter. Webster's New World. Similar definitions.
