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adjective
1.
without contents; empty: the vacuous air.
2.
lacking in ideas or intelligence: a vacuous mind.
3.
expressing or characterized by a lack of ideas or intelligence; inane; stupid: a vacuous book.
4.
purposeless; idle: a vacuous way of life.
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vac·u·ous·ly, adverb
vac·u·ous·ness, noun
non·vac·u·ous, adjective
non·vac·u·ous·ly, adverb
non·vac·u·ous·ness, noun
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vacuous
1648, "empty," from L. vacuus "empty, void, free" (see vacuum). Figurative sense of "empty of ideas" is from 1848.
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