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vacant /ˈveɪk(ə)nt /adjective1(Of a place) not occupied; empty: 40 per cent of the offices are still vacant...- The site was previously occupied by a vacant detached bungalow.
- There was one vacant place in the disabled parking area.
- There were no vehicles around; the place was vacant except for a forklift and some stacked wooden crates.
Synonyms empty, unoccupied, unfilled, free, available, not in use, unused, unengaged, uninhabited, untenanted, tenantless, to let, for sale, on the market, abandoned, deserted informal up for grabs 1.1(Of a position or employment) not filled: the President resigned and the post was left vacant...- They also demanded that the government fill all vacant positions and issue employees with at least four sets of uniforms.
- For a fraction of the cost of newspaper ads, companies can fill their vacant positions within days.
- A $15 million deficit this year resulted in a freeze on filling vacant positions and buying office and classroom supplies.
2Having or showing no intelligence or interest: a vacant stare...- He stared back with a vacant expression and his mouth slightly ajar.
- As our flashlights shone across his face, he looked up with a lifeless, vacant expression.
- His vacant eyes lifted to stare out into the distance.
Synonyms blank, expressionless, deadpan, inscrutable, inexpressive, poker-faced, emotionless, impassive, absent, absent-minded, uninterested, vacuous, empty, glassy, stony, wooden, motionless, lifeless, inanimate empty-headed, unintelligent, without thought, brainless, dense, dull-witted, thick, vacuous, inane, stupid informal brain-dead Derivatives vacantly /ˈveɪk(ə)ntli / adverb ...- In Oban's featureless tea rooms, elderly coach-trippers write cheerful messages on damp postcards or stare vacantly at cars disembarking from the ferries.
- Glassy-eyed voters will nod their heads vacantly.
- I stare vacantly at my computer, not really seeing anything.
Origin Middle English: from Old French, or from Latin vacant- 'remaining empty', from the verb vacare. |