vacuous
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vacuous
- /ˈvækju.əs/
Where it comes from
Learned borrowing from Latin vacuus (“empty, vacant”) + -ous.
adjective more vacuous · most vacuous
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Empty; void; lacking meaningful content.
vacuous expression
Similar: vacuitous, empty, vacant, empty as a pauper's purse, empty as the tomb on Easter, clean, leer, toom, unfilled, vacuumlike, vacuous, void
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Showing a lack of thought or intelligence; vacant.
Near-synonym: fatuous
Similar: empty-headed, brainless, addlebrained, addlepated, airheaded, bee-brained, beef-witted, soft, beefheaded, beetle-headed, birdbrained, blockheaded
Translations
Every language
adj lacking meaningful content
| Español | vacuo |
|---|---|
| Português | vazio |
| Français | niais |
| Deutsch | leer, nichtssagend |
| Русский | пусто́й pustój, пустопорожний pustoporožnij, бессмы́сленный bessmýslennyj |
| العربية | فَارِغ fāriḡ |
adj showing a lack of thought
| Français | niais |
|---|---|
| Deutsch | gedankenlos |
Talk about this word "vacuous." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/vacuous. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. vacuous. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/vacuous "vacuous." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/vacuous.Cite this
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title = {vacuous},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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