vacuous

English

Etymology

Latin vacuus (“empty, vacant”)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈvækju.əs/

Adjective

vacuous (comparative more vacuous, superlative most vacuous)

Empty; void; lacking meaningful content.
Showing a lack of thought or intelligence; vacant.

Derived terms

vacuity (noun)
vacuously (adverb)
vacuousness (noun)

Related terms

vacuous truth

Translations

lacking meaningful content

Arabic: فَارِغ‎ (fāriḡ)
Bulgarian: празен (bg) m (prazen)
Catalan: vacu
Dutch: nietszeggend (nl)
Finnish: merkityksetön (fi), ontto (fi), tyhjä (fi)
French: niais (fr)
Georgian: ცარიელი (carieli), უაზრო (uazro), უგუნური (ugunuri)
German: leer (de), nichtssagend (de)
Hungarian: üres (hu)
Polish: próżny (pl), pusty (pl)
Russian: пусто́й (ru) (pustój), пустопорожний (ru) (pustoporožnij), бессмы́сленный (ru) (bessmýslennyj)
Scottish Gaelic: faoin
Serbo-Croatian: isprazan (sh)
Spanish: vacuo (es), huero (es)
Swedish: tom (sv), andefattig (sv)
Welsh: gwag (cy)

showing a lack of thought

Bulgarian: безмислен (bezmislen)
French: niais (fr) m
German: gedankenlos (de)
Polish: bezmyślny (pl), tępy (pl)
Scottish Gaelic: faoin
Welsh: penwan (cy)

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