vacuous

English

Etymology

Latin vacuus (“empty, vacant”)

Adjective

vacuous (comparative more vacuous, superlative most vacuous)

1. Lacking meaningful content.
2. Showing a lack of thought or intelligence; vacant

Derived terms

• vacuity (noun)
• vacuously (adverb)
• vacuousness (noun)

Translations

lacking meaningful content

• Finnish: merkityksetön (fi), ontto (fi), tyhjä (fi)
• French: niais (fr)
• Russian: пустой (ru) (pustoj), пустопорожний (ru) (pustoporožnij), бессмысленный (ru) (bessmyslennyj)
• Scottish Gaelic: faoin

• Serbo-Croatian: isprazan
• Spanish: vacuo
• Swedish: tom (sv), andefattig (sv)

showing a lack of thought

• French: niais (fr) m

• Scottish Gaelic: faoin