vacuous
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Vacuous in its simple, palatable offerings, the experience mirrored its source material perfectly.
From Seattle Times • Feb. 7, 2023
Vacuous truths are seen as more absurd than false, since they are often unfalsifiable and may not even make contact with reality.
From Salon • Sep. 4, 2022
Vacuous refers to the condition of being empty or vacant, regarded as continuous or characteristic.
From English Synonyms and Antonyms With Notes on the Correct Use of Prepositions by Fernald, James Champlin
Vacuous, vak′ū-us, adj. empty, void: without intelligence, unexpressive.—v.t.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various
Vacuous generalities, clothed in magnificent rhetoric, could pass with him for ideas; but his visions are sometimes thoughts in images.
From A History of French Literature Short Histories of the Literatures of the World: II. by Gosse, Edmund
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