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Meaning of VACUOUS

Pronunciation:  'vakyoous

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. [adj]  devoid of significance or point; "empty promises"; "a hollow victory"; "vacuous comments"
  2. [adj]  complacently or inanely foolish
 
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 Synonyms: asinine, empty, fatuous, foolish, hollow, inane, meaningless, mindless
 

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Vac"u*ous\, a. [L. vacuus. See {Vacant}.]
Empty; unfilled; void; vacant.
      Boundless the deep, because I am who fill Infinitude;
      nor vacuous the space.                   --Milton.
      That the few may lead selfish and vacuous days. --J.
                                               Morley.
 

 

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