Vacuity
noun
The state of being empty or without contents.
The vacuity of the room was almost unsettling.
noun
Lack of intelligence, dullness or empty-mindedness.
His comments revealed a vacuity of thought.
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Disapproving
noun
A pause or break in continuity or activity.
There was a strange vacuity in our conversation.
noun
A vacuum or empty space within a solid object.
The crucial phenomenon is the creation of electron-hole pairs in the vacuity.
noun
The state of being empty or without contents.
The vacuity of the room was almost unsettling.
noun
Lack of intelligence, dullness or empty-mindedness.
His comments revealed a vacuity of thought.
Usage tips
Disapproving
noun
A pause or break in continuity or activity.
There was a strange vacuity in our conversation.
noun
A vacuum or empty space within a solid object.
The crucial phenomenon is the creation of electron-hole pairs in the vacuity.
Definition 1 of 4
Pro Tip 1/2Literal Emptiness
Often used to describe a physical space that lacks items, ornamentation, or people.
Walking into the vacuity of the abandoned house felt eerie.
Pro Tip 2/2Descriptive Imagery
Can evoke a strong visual or emotional image of a space being desolate or barren.
The artist's depiction of the desert evoked a sense of vacuity.
Pro Tip 1/2Literal Emptiness
Often used to describe a physical space that lacks items, ornamentation, or people.
Walking into the vacuity of the abandoned house felt eerie.
Pro Tip 2/2Descriptive Imagery
Can evoke a strong visual or emotional image of a space being desolate or barren.
The artist's depiction of the desert evoked a sense of vacuity.
Pro Tip 1/2Literal Emptiness
Often used to describe a physical space that lacks items, ornamentation, or people.
Walking into the vacuity of the abandoned house felt eerie.
Pro Tip 2/2Descriptive Imagery
Can evoke a strong visual or emotional image of a space being desolate or barren.
The artist's depiction of the desert evoked a sense of vacuity.
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Video examples
Why does the universe...
It's just a big cosmic vacuity. And we think there's a lot of something out there but that's because we're enslaved by our desires. If we let our desires melt away, we'll see the world for what it truly is, a vacuity, nothingness,
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Why does the universe...
It's just a big cosmic vacuity. And we think there's a lot of something out there but that's because we're enslaved by our desires. If we let our desires melt away, we'll see the world for what it truly is, a vacuity, nothingness,
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Quote examples
Elena Kagan
American Judge
When the Senate ceases to engage nominees in meaningful discussion of legal issues, the confirmation process takes on an air of vacuity and farce, and the Senate becomes incapable of either properly evaluating nominees or appropriately educating the public.
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Terry Glavin
Canadian Author
It is an intellectual and moral vacuity that has crippled what the World Social Forum's founders sincerely hoped would produce some sort of democratic alternative to what they saw as the heartless corporate model of globalization.
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Muhammad Iqbal
Pakistani Poet
But the universe, as a collection of finite things, presents itself as a kind of island situated in a pure vacuity to which time, regarded as a series of mutually exclusive moments, is nothing and does nothing.
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Misha Collins
American Actor
A lot of times you see really good-looking guys on TV and you sort of assume that maybe there's some sort of vacuity behind them.
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Tennessee Williams
American Dramatist
Once you fully apprehend the vacuity of a life without struggle, you are equipped with the basic means of salvation.
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Elena Kagan
American Judge
When the Senate ceases to engage nominees in meaningful discussion of legal issues, the confirmation process takes on an air of vacuity and farce, and the Senate becomes incapable of either properly evaluating nominees or appropriately educating the public.
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Terry Glavin
Canadian Author
It is an intellectual and moral vacuity that has crippled what the World Social Forum's founders sincerely hoped would produce some sort of democratic alternative to what they saw as the heartless corporate model of globalization.
Quote examples
Muhammad Iqbal
Pakistani Poet
But the universe, as a collection of finite things, presents itself as a kind of island situated in a pure vacuity to which time, regarded as a series of mutually exclusive moments, is nothing and does nothing.
Quote examples
Misha Collins
American Actor
A lot of times you see really good-looking guys on TV and you sort of assume that maybe there's some sort of vacuity behind them.
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Tennessee Williams
American Dramatist
Once you fully apprehend the vacuity of a life without struggle, you are equipped with the basic means of salvation.
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