vacuous

English

Etymology

Latin vacuus (“empty, vacant”)

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvækju.əs/

Adjective

vacuous (comparative more vacuous, superlative most vacuous)

1. Empty; void; lacking meaningful content.
2. Showing a lack of thought or intelligence; vacant

Derived terms

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

Translations

lacking meaningful content

• Bulgarian: празен (bg) m (prazen)
• Dutch: nietszeggend (nl)
• Finnish: merkityksetön (fi), ontto (fi), tyhjä (fi)
• French: niais (fr)
• Georgian: ცარიელი (carieli), უაზრო (uazro), უგუნური (ugunuri)
• Russian: пусто́й (ru) (pustój), пустопорожний (ru) (pustoporožnij), бессмы́сленный (ru) (bessmýslennyj)
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• Scottish Gaelic: faoin
• Serbo-Croatian: isprazan (sh)
• Spanish: vacuo (es), huero
• Swedish: tom (sv), andefattig (sv)

showing a lack of thought

• French: niais (fr) m
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• Scottish Gaelic: faoin