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[ US /ˈvækjuəs/ ]
[ UK /vˈækjuːəs/ ]
ADJECTIVE
  1. devoid of intelligence or thought
    a vacant expression
    a vacuous mind
  2. devoid of matter
    a vacuous space
  3. devoid of significance or force
    empty promises
    vacuous comments
    a hollow victory

How To Use vacuous In A Sentence

  • The transition to a 3D world certainly taxes the Xbox's power but the game world is particularly vacuous.
  • Certainly my academic career is one to which the adjective ‘vacuous’ can be uncontroversially applied.
  • Male models are not always so vacuous as they are made out to be.
  • MikeGene: Scientifically vacuous is not the same as invalid. Cleaning Up The Mess
  • He expresses concern that a society that ceases to respect the ‘res publica’ and loses all faith in a ‘national philosophy’ may well drift into an asocial and culturally vacuous anomie.
  • But on a much larger level, it just shows once again the utter vacuousness of our electoral system.
  • Why will sport endure long after more vacuous forms of entertainment wither on the vine? Times, Sunday Times
  • If the definition of "athleticism" is strictly about speedy movement then I would say you are right – the moon is athletic, the term is vacuous, and the argument is dumb. Bunny and a Book
  • Here is a man who understands the cinematic image, not just as vacuous glamour but as narrative and poetry.
  • True, but vacuous, weasel-worded, fact-free, faux-expert prognostications by contemptible establishmentarian hacks rank pretty low on the list of charities I donate to. Matthew Yglesias » Staggeringly Off-the-Mark Forecasts of European Economic Preeminence
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