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vacuous

adjective

Reveal meaning and examples

Lacking meaningful thought, substance, or ideas.

The essay's vacuous opening offered praise without making a claim.

Dictionary practice example.

Another sentence was vacuous, praising the work as wonderfully wonderful without conveying a meaningful idea.