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vacant

adjective

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Pronunciation: /ˈveɪkənt/

adj

Etymology: From Old French vacant, from Latin vacāns.

  1. Not occupied; empty.

    a vacant room

    a vacant consulate

  2. Not present; absent.

    And Pierre felt that never, never would he be able to embrace Isabel with the mere brotherly embrace; while the thought of any other caress, which took hold of any domesticness, was entirely vacant from his uncontaminated soul, for it had never consciously intruded there.

  3. Blank.

    a vacant page

  4. Showing no intelligence or interest.

    a vacant stare

    a vacant look in her eyes