vacuous
[ vak-yoo-uh s ]
/ ˈvæk yu əs /
adjective
without contents; empty: the vacuous air.
lacking in ideas or intelligence: a vacuous mind.
expressing or characterized by a lack of ideas or intelligence; inane; stupid: a vacuous book.
purposeless; idle: a vacuous way of life.
Origin of vacuous
1645–55; < Latin
vacuus empty; see
-ous
OTHER WORDS FROM vacuous
Words nearby vacuous
vacuity,
vacuolate,
vacuolated,
vacuolation,
vacuole,
vacuous,
vacutome,
vacuum,
vacuum activity,
vacuum aspiration,
vacuum bottle
British Dictionary definitions for non-vacuous
vacuous
/ (ˈvækjʊəs) /
adjective
containing nothing; empty
bereft of ideas or intelligence; mindless
characterized by or resulting from vacancy of mind
a vacuous gaze
indulging in no useful mental or physical activity; idle
logic maths
(of an operator or expression) having no import; idle: in (x) (John is tall) the quantifier (x) is vacuous
Derived forms of vacuous
vacuously, adverb vacuousness, nounWord Origin for vacuous
C17: from Latin
vacuus empty, from
vacāre to be empty