vacuous
Empty; void; lacking meaningful contentEmpty; void; lacking meaningful content.
» Another unbearably vacuous title!
Ще одний порожній заголовок!
Meaning
2 sensesEmpty; void; lacking meaningful content.
vacuous expression
vacuous remark
leer, nichtssagend
пусто́йpustój, пустопорожнийpustoporožnij, бессмы́сленныйbessmýslennyj
Showing a lack of thought or intelligence; vacant.
Near-synonym: fatuous
gedankenlos
devoid of intelligence or thought
Examples
3 sentencesAnother unbearably vacuous title!
Ще одний порожній заголовок! — deniko
I do not like his inflated poetry or his vacuous comments on literature.
As a result of burnout, my submissions to the magazine became increasingly labored and vacuous.
Translations
6 languagesBy meaning 1
By meaning 2
Origin
Learned borrowing from Latin vacuus (“empty, vacant”) + -ous.Learned borrowing from Latin vacuus (“empty, vacant”) + -ous.
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Forms
more vacuous, most vacuous| Comparative | more vacuous Lesson |
|---|---|
| Superlative | most vacuous Lesson |
regular
Synonyms
142 synonymsWord family
9 related wordsLessons for this word
2 lessons- A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative form
- A2Superlatives — Because it has a superlative form