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English Dictionary: vacuous by the DICT Development Group
2 results for vacuous
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
vacuous
adj
  1. devoid of intelligence [syn: asinine, fatuous, inane, mindless, vacuous]
  2. devoid of significance or point; "empty promises"; "a hollow victory"; "vacuous comments"
    Synonym(s): empty, hollow, vacuous
  3. devoid of matter; "a vacuous space"
  4. void of expression; "a blank stare"
    Synonym(s): blank, vacuous
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Vacuous \Vac"u*ous\, a. [L. vacuus. See {Vacant}.]
      Empty; unfilled; void; vacant.
  
               Boundless the deep, because I am who fill Infinitude;
               nor vacuous the space.                           --Milton.
  
               That the few may lead selfish and vacuous days. --J.
                                                                              Morley.
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