containing nothing, esp lacking typical or expected contents
not occupied, inhabited, or frequented
empty streets
lacking reality or substance; hollow
an empty pleasure
lacking effect, value, or sincerity
empty threats
an empty gesture
lacking sense; foolish
his empty ideas
informal hungry
said of a mathematical set: having no numbers or elements
emptily adv
emptiness noun
[Old English ǣmettig unoccupied, from ǣmetta leisure]