Vacuous
adjective
Empty or lacking content, not serious or meaningful.
He gave a vacuous smile before changing the topic of conversation.
adjective
Showing no intelligence or thought.
Her vacuous expression gave away her lack of preparation for the quiz.
Often appears as...
- vacuous expression
- vacuous comment
adjective
Empty or lacking content, not serious or meaningful.
He gave a vacuous smile before changing the topic of conversation.
adjective
Showing no intelligence or thought.
Her vacuous expression gave away her lack of preparation for the quiz.
Often appears as...
- vacuous expression
- vacuous comment
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Lack of Substance
Use 'vacuous' to describe remarks or actions that have no deeper meaning or value.
The movie was filled with vacuous dialogue that failed to advance the plot.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Just Empty
'Vacuous' implies emptiness that can be seen as mindless or superficial.
Despite the celebratory atmosphere, his laughter seemed vacuous.
Pro Tip 3/3Sarcasm and Criticism
It can be used sarcastically to criticize something as lacking depth.
Her vacuous response to the tragedy shocked everyone.
Compare with
blankemptyexpressionhollowinsipidmeaninglessshallowvapid
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HIV and flu -- the...
no longer do the poor and vulnerable need to be threatened by infectious diseases or indeed anybody instead of having vacuous meals massively fatal discontinuity of life we can ensure the continuity of life what the world needs
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After the Avalanche:...
that sparked this great divide in my life, because it had shot me in one direction upwards. My career had taken off, and yet inside, I was completely nosediving towards some sort of vacuous rock bottom that I couldn't define.
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Science can answer moral...
People will send you donations when you're in that condition. Notice that the fact that the concept of health is open, genuinely open for revision, does not make it vacuous. The distinction between a healthy person
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HIV and flu -- the...
no longer do the poor and vulnerable need to be threatened by infectious diseases or indeed anybody instead of having vacuous meals massively fatal discontinuity of life we can ensure the continuity of life what the world needs
Video examples
After the Avalanche:...
that sparked this great divide in my life, because it had shot me in one direction upwards. My career had taken off, and yet inside, I was completely nosediving towards some sort of vacuous rock bottom that I couldn't define.
Video examples
Science can answer moral...
People will send you donations when you're in that condition. Notice that the fact that the concept of health is open, genuinely open for revision, does not make it vacuous. The distinction between a healthy person
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Quote examples
Douglas Brunt
American Novelist
Wall Street has played a role in everyone's life, and it has been vilified by everyone, but I think that the average trader didn't have a sense of what was coming. The culture is so vacuous, it's possible to come to it straight out of college and never have a real adult life, even if you have the wife and kids.
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Cormac McCarthy
American Writer
The notion that the species can be improved in some way, that everyone could live in harmony, is a really dangerous idea. Those who are afflicted with this notion are the first ones to give up their souls, their freedom. Your desire that it be that way will enslave you and make your life vacuous.
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Mariella Frostrup
British Journalist
I used to routinely turn down things that might compound the impression that I was some kind of vacuous blonde. But now, when I look back, I think I should have done them because I would be very rich - being taken seriously isn't all it's cracked up to be.
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Mike White
Writer
You watch stuff like 'The Real Housewives' and you start to think, 'We're all so vacuous! Is there any nobility to any of these people?' But then you look out into the world, and there are people who are doing cool stuff with their lives.
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FKA twigs
British Musician
I really enjoy the fun of putting something out and people liking it or hating it or talking about it, but vacuous attention, it feels disgusting. It's like a hangover.
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Imran Amed
Canadian Editor
The way the media tends to cover fashion is as this superfluous, vacuous industry. They focus on models and shows, but behind all that is a massive global industry.
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Pierce Brosnan
Irish Actor
I just find that you can become a very boring person living in L.A. I tell you, living there on a day-to-day basis is vacuous: terribly fake.
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Lauren Mayberry
Scottish Musician
I don't buy into this idea that pop has to be frivolous or vacuous, and we've never subscribed to that.
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Brian Stokes Mitchell
American Actor
I hate those vacuous musicals, the happy-happy, 'Let's have a good time' shows.
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Astrid Berges-Frisbey
Spanish Actress
We live in a vacuous world, yet we do so with a feeling of urgency.
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Douglas Brunt
American Novelist
Wall Street has played a role in everyone's life, and it has been vilified by everyone, but I think that the average trader didn't have a sense of what was coming. The culture is so vacuous, it's possible to come to it straight out of college and never have a real adult life, even if you have the wife and kids.
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Cormac McCarthy
American Writer
The notion that the species can be improved in some way, that everyone could live in harmony, is a really dangerous idea. Those who are afflicted with this notion are the first ones to give up their souls, their freedom. Your desire that it be that way will enslave you and make your life vacuous.
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Mariella Frostrup
British Journalist
I used to routinely turn down things that might compound the impression that I was some kind of vacuous blonde. But now, when I look back, I think I should have done them because I would be very rich - being taken seriously isn't all it's cracked up to be.
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Mike White
Writer
You watch stuff like 'The Real Housewives' and you start to think, 'We're all so vacuous! Is there any nobility to any of these people?' But then you look out into the world, and there are people who are doing cool stuff with their lives.
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FKA twigs
British Musician
I really enjoy the fun of putting something out and people liking it or hating it or talking about it, but vacuous attention, it feels disgusting. It's like a hangover.
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Imran Amed
Canadian Editor
The way the media tends to cover fashion is as this superfluous, vacuous industry. They focus on models and shows, but behind all that is a massive global industry.
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Pierce Brosnan
Irish Actor
I just find that you can become a very boring person living in L.A. I tell you, living there on a day-to-day basis is vacuous: terribly fake.
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Lauren Mayberry
Scottish Musician
I don't buy into this idea that pop has to be frivolous or vacuous, and we've never subscribed to that.
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Brian Stokes Mitchell
American Actor
I hate those vacuous musicals, the happy-happy, 'Let's have a good time' shows.
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Astrid Berges-Frisbey
Spanish Actress
We live in a vacuous world, yet we do so with a feeling of urgency.
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