vacuousness

Examples

• All

• Many criticized the vacuousness of the article, claiming it lacked depth and meaningful content.

• Again, the issue was vacuousness.

  Blog text (7)

• And that demonstrates the vacuousness of your preening about morality.

  Blog text (9)

• It is probably more accurate to say that he is a project of the left, which understands the depth of his vacuousness.

  Blog text (7)

• The vacuousness of the campaign prompted historian Arthur M. Schlesinger to write a tract titled Kennedy or Nixon: Does It Make Any Difference?

  Academic text (1992)

• That doesn't necessarily mean that they were more effective subsidies, as the devil is in the details, but it sure shows the vacuousness of your "Obama sucks and no facts will change my mind on that" argument.

  Blog text (27)

• And I venture to say that, in the long run, the conscious, deliberate, artful application of the feminine arts by an intelligent woman trumps the naivete and vacuousness of a dumb woman.

  Blog text (22)

• The vacuousness of his explanations left everyone confused and frustrated.

• During the debate, the candidates' vacuousness became evident as they avoided serious issues.

Synonyms

V

void

vsvacuousness

148 6.5

A very empty space or feeling that is hard to fill

is about empty or shallow thought rather than spatial or emotional emptiness

E

emptiness

vsvacuousness

43 5.3

A feeling that life has no meaning

focuses specifically on empty thought or weak intellectual content rather than general lack

I

inanity

vsvacuousness

4 9.5

A state of being very silly and without any real meaning

means empty intellectual content or low intelligence rather than playful silliness

M

meaninglessness

vsvacuousness

4 7.6

A feeling that what you do has no purpose or value

focuses on empty thought or low intelligence rather than lack of value

B

blankness

vsvacuousness

3 4.3

A feeling of emptiness with no thoughts or emotion

focuses on lack of ideas or intelligent content rather than mere surface void

H

hollowness

vsvacuousness

3 7.1

An empty feeling inside a person or their words

denotes emptiness of ideas or low intelligence rather than emotional insincerity

P

pointlessness

vsvacuousness

2 6.2

A state when something has no purpose or use

refers to absence of real ideas or intellectual content not only lack of purpose

S

senselessness

vsvacuousness

2 7.0

A state of having no meaning or purpose

points to empty ideas or lack of intellectual content instead of illogic

M

mindlessness

vsvacuousness

2 7.3

A lack of thought or care in what someone does

is about empty ideas or poor intelligence rather than careless action or habit

V

vacuity

vsvacuousness

1 9.2

A lack of ideas or meaning

is the same state but used in a slightly different style

V

voidness

vsvacuousness

1 8.1

A feeling of emptiness after something important ends

refers specifically to lacking meaningful ideas or intelligence rather than physical emptiness

V

vacantness

vsvacuousness

1 6.6

A blank look that shows no clear thought or feeling

points to emptiness of content or lack of ideas rather than only blank expression

Antonyms

M

meaningfulness

1 4.9

Something that has a clear purpose or value

S

substantiality

1 7.9

Having real importance or enough evidence to be believed

How Empty

voidness

1 8.1

vacuousness

• Formal

1 9.2

emptiness

43 5.3

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology