vacuity

noun

va-ˈkyü-ə-tē How to pronounce vacuity (audio)
Definition of vacuitynext
1
as in emptiness
empty space the seemingly endless vacuity between settlements in the desert

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2
as in vacancy
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
as in thickness
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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Recent Examples of vacuity In assigning him that seemingly perverse task, Scorsese tapped into the vague air of vacuity at the center of a star who’s always seemed present and absent all at once. — David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 26 Sep. 2025 The transpersonal quality of great art has its dark side in the vacuity of hotel paintings, Muzak, and formulaic paperback novels. — Meghan O'Gieblyn, WIRED, 20 Feb. 2024 In Sarajevo, the sight of rows of white headstones bearing the names of thousands of victims killed by Milosevic gives stark testimony to the moral vacuity embedded in the practice of conveniently naïve diplomacy. — Bill Keane, Hartford Courant, 15 Mar. 2026 John Cowan, a neurosurgeon in northwest Georgia whom Greene beat for the Republican nomination in her district, has called her Empty G, a homophone for her initials which captures a persistent belief in her vacuity. — Charles Bethea, New Yorker, 5 Jan. 2026 See All Example Sentences for vacuity
Recent Examples of Synonyms for vacuity
  1. emptiness
  2. thickness
  3. vacancy
  4. dullness
  5. stupidness
  6. denseness
  7. mindlessness
  8. density
Noun
  • He was used to being alone without Robin and postretirement but being alone in the interminable stretch of predawn hours was a different sort of emptiness.
    — Danielle Parker, CBS News, 30 June 2026
  • Work gives you somewhere to point your attention, somewhere to put the grief, the sadness, the emptiness.
    — Alla Adam, Forbes.com, 23 June 2026
Definition of emptiness
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  • Cook for 30–40 minutes, depending on thickness, until the salmon flakes easily with a fork, the internal temperature reaches approximately 140°F and the edges are lightly caramelized and smoky.
    — Staff, FOXNews.com, 3 July 2026
  • Mashing a quarter of the potatoes adds creaminess and thickness to the salad without lots of mayo.
    — Kimberly Holland, Southern Living, 3 July 2026
Definition of thickness
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  • Overall vacancy downtown has climbed from 14% in 2019 to 34%.
    — Roger Vincent, Los Angeles Times, 6 July 2026
  • Limited new retail supply, which reflects high land and building costs, should aid rent growth and further tighten vacancy, according to JLL experts.
    — Hang Nguyen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 July 2026
Definition of vacancy
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  • This serum is great for fading dark spots, boosting collagen production, and fighting visible signs of aging like fine lines and dullness.
    — Reece Andavolgyi, InStyle, 4 July 2026
  • Use natural brighteners like vinegar, lemon juice, or sunlight to combat yellowing and dullness.
    — Quincy Bulin, Southern Living, 1 July 2026
Definition of dullness
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  • In an email to Krebs, Valadon claimed that the repo’s commit logs show that GitHub’s default protections against committing secrets—protections designed to protect unwitting or unskilled developers against exactly this kind of stupidness—had been disabled by the repo’s administrator.
    — Lee Hutchinson, ArsTechnica, 19 May 2026
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  • Tiernan is tall but carries the denseness of frame and core strength of a guard.
    — Matthew Mowery, Chicago Tribune, 25 Apr. 2026
  • Understand how rye works in baking Though dark, dense rye bread is delicious, rye flour does not inherently create denseness in other baked goods.
    — The Washington Post, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Apr. 2026
Definition of denseness
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  • There’s the White House and its malicious megaphone of mindlessness; the generative AI advocates and their pushy, pathetic ploys; the Major League Baseball owners and their dedication to self-destruction.
    — Ben Travers, IndieWire, 20 Feb. 2026
  • The show’s real villain is mindlessness, in other words.
    — Shirley Li, The Atlantic, 5 Feb. 2026
Definition of mindlessness
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  • The design mounts graphics processing units in compute trays that sit vertically instead of horizontally to boost density and reduce latency, and had been slated to debut with Vera Rubin Ultra, Nvidia's next-generation rack-scale system, in 2027.
    — Anniek Bao, CNBC, 6 July 2026
  • The idea centers on using 3D architectural innovation to deliver gains similar to higher transistor density, offering a potential route around some of the constraints imposed by advanced-node restrictions.
    — Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 6 July 2026
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“Vacuity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/vacuity. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.

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