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vacuity



va·cu·i·ty [ va-ˈkyü-ə-tē]



vacuity   
noun
[va-ˈkyü-ə-tē]
plural vacuities

Definition of vacuity

1 : an empty space
2 : the state, fact, or quality of being vacuous
3 : something (such as an idea) that is vacuous or inane


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Recent Examples on the Web


//The lyrics hint at Warhol's aura of vacuity and his callousness toward the deaths of regulars at the Factory - Warhol's studio - such as Candy Darling and Eric Emerson.
— Judith A. Peraino, chicagotribune.com, "Commentary: How I uncovered a dozen new Lou Reed songs," 2 Nov. 2019
//But the project’s musical vacuity is matched only by the curious obscenity of its existence.
— Hannah Giorgis, The Atlantic, "Drake’s Troubling Reunion With Chris Brown," 30 July 2019
//Is nature trying to send a message to the American people about the moral vacuity of this administration?
— Benjamin Hart, Daily Intelligencer, "Sinkhole/Possible Metaphor Appears Outside White House," 22 May 2018
//Indeed, the very vacuity that Trump prizes also allows outsiders to project on her the role of being the reasonable moderating force in the administration.
— Jeet Heer, The New Republic, "All the President’s Courtiers," 2 Apr. 2018
//Dad’s vacuity is especially disappointing, by the way, because he’s played by Francis Guinan, a normally fearless actor who communicates all the complexity here of a man waiting for a bus.
— Tony Adler, Chicago Reader, "You Got Older doesn’t try for wiser," 13 Feb. 2018
//Video projections of rippling Nile waters, dispossessed Ethiopians and baleful temple priests did little to relieve the antiseptic vacuity of the stage pictures.
— John Von Rhein, chicagotribune.com, "In Salzburg, Muti's return to 'Aida' was worth the wait," 22 Aug. 2017
//These responses demonstrate that responding to the President and his moral vacuity is not a matter of resistance.
— Jonathan A. Greenblatt, Time, "ADL President: What the Lynching of Leo Frank Shows Us About Hate," 17 Aug. 2017
//How did the party of Ronald Reagan's moral clarity morph into that of Donald Trump's moral vacuity?
— Charles P. Pierce, Esquire, "The Lying Will Now Be Smoother and More Telegenic," 21 July 2017


First Known Use of vacuity

15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1



History and Etymology for vacuity

Middle English vacuitee, borrowed from Latin vacuitās, from vacuus "empty, unoccupied" + -itās -ity — more at vacuum entry 1



Dictionary Entries near vacuity

Vacreator

vacuate

vacuist

vacuity

vacuolar membrane

vacuolar system

vacuolated



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1 empty space
  • the seemingly endless vacuity between settlements in the desert

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2 the quality or state of being empty
  • the vacuity of the house after everyone had moved out was both striking and depressing

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3 the quality or state of lacking intelligence or quickness of mind
  • the monumental vacuity of the starlet's comments on the important issues of the day

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