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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024vac•u•ous /ˈvækyuəs/USA pronunciation adj. - lacking contents;
empty. - lacking in ideas or intelligence:a vacuous mind; a vacuous smile.
vac•u•ous•ly, adv. See -vac-. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024vac•u•ous (vak′yo̅o̅ əs),USA pronunciation adj. - 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.
- Latin vacuus empty; see -ous
- 1645–55
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: vacuous /ˈvækjʊəs/ adj - 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
- (of an operator or expression) having no import; idle: in (x) (John is tall) the quantifier (x) is vacuous
Etymology: 17th Century: from Latin vacuus empty, from vacāre to be emptyˈvacuously adv |