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Meanings of vacuous in inglês

Devoid of intelligence.

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Devoid of significance or point.

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Utterly lacking in intelligence or depth.

Void of expression.

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Examples for "blank"
1
When Tilke is given a blank canvas, however, the results are different.
The Guardian
2
Malala was shot three times at point blank range two years ago.
BBC
3
Among the reported problems was a company official handing out blank prescriptions.
Reuters
4
She was sweet and simple and beautiful and blank as clear water.
A reliable wife
5
His paper was so far an utter blank save for his name.
IT
Usage of vacuous in inglês
1
The idea was to refute Soviet claims that America was culturally vacuous.
BBC
2
The selfish and egoistical life breeds always the vapid and vacuous heart.
Hints for Lovers
3
The newly hired girl wreathed her flabby face in a vacuous smile.
Janice Day, the Young Homemaker
4
He leered across the aisle familiarly and with a vacuous smile inquired:
The Long Chance
5
Now. The veiled, vacuous look passed and Bourne reached for the phone.
The bourne ultimatum
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In a moment the other's large and vacuous countenance became sober enough.
Sir Mortimer: A Novel
7
To cover the gap, Ana kept to her vacuous chatter as Shirley.
Deadly little secrets
8
An avaricious, vacuous Africa, in love with TV soap operas and fridges.
The Guardian
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The Unknown stared at him for an instant with blank, vacuous eyes.
The Bat
10
He entered with an expression of discomfiture on his rather vacuous countenance.
Within the Law: From the Play of Bayard Veiller
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But slow, long hours of vacuous smiling certainly would wear me out.
The Precipice: A Novel
12
Eminem felt a bit vacuous when you got into all that stuff.
The Irish Times
13
That's what saved me from the vacuous life of a trust-fund babe.
The Naked God
14
Did they move as dead men among the living, devitalised, vacuous calm?
The Weavers: a tale of England and Egypt of fifty years ago - Vo...
15
He kept staring, mouth ajar, a vacuous look immobile on his face.
The Incredible Shrinking Man
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Is his work so vacuous that the media refuse to discuss its content?
The Guardian
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