vacuous |ˈvakyəwəs|adjectivehaving or showing a lack of thought or intelligence; mindless : a vacuous smile | vacuous slogans.• archaic empty.DERIVATIVESvacuity |vaˈkyoōətē; və-| |vøˈkjuədi| |vəˈkjuədi| |vəˈkjuːɪti| nounvacuously |ˈvøkjəwəsli| adverbvacuousness |ˈvøkjəwəsnəs| nounORIGIN mid 17th cent. (in the sense [empty of matter] ): from Latin vacuus ‘empty’ + -ous .
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