vacuous

English

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin vacuus (“empty, vacant”) +‎ -ous.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvækju.əs/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Adjective

vacuous (comparative more vacuous, superlative most vacuous)

1. Empty; void; lacking meaningful content.

   Synonyms: empty, vacant; see also Thesaurus:empty

2. Showing a lack of thought or intelligence; vacant.

   Synonyms: empty-headed, brainless; see also Thesaurus:stupid

Derived terms

• vacuity
• vacuously
• vacuousness

Related terms

• vacant
• vacuous truth
• vacuum

Translations

lacking meaningful content

Arabic: فَارِغ (fāriḡ) Bulgarian: празен (bg) m (prazen) Catalan: vacu Dutch: nietszeggend (nl) Finnish: merkityksetön (fi), ontto (fi), tyhjä (fi) French: niais (fr) Georgian: ცარიელი (carieli), უაზრო (uazro), უგუნური (ugunuri) German: leer (de), nichtssagend (de) Hungarian: üres (hu) Polish: próżny (pl), pusty (pl) Portuguese: vazio (pt) Russian: пусто́й (ru) (pustój), пустопорожний (ru) (pustoporožnij), бессмы́сленный (ru) (bessmýslennyj) Scottish Gaelic: faoin Serbo-Croatian: isprazan (sh) Spanish: vacuo (es), huero (es) Swedish: tom (sv), andefattig (sv) Welsh: gwag (cy)

showing a lack of thought

Bulgarian: безмислен (bezmislen) French: niais (fr) m German: gedankenlos (de) Polish: bezmyślny (pl), tępy (pl) Scottish Gaelic: faoin Welsh: penwan (cy)

See also

• empty-headed