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   Va·cant

   /ˈvākənt/

   

   adjective

   • 1. (of premises) having no fixtures, furniture, or inhabitants; empty. Similar emptyunoccupiedunfilledfreeavailablenot in useunusedunengageduninhabiteduntenantedtenantlessto letfor saleon the marketabandoneddesertedinformal:up for grabsOpposite fulloccupiedopen
   • ▪ (of a position or office) not filled: "the president resigned and the post was left vacant"
   • ▪ (of a person or their expression) having or showing no intelligence or interest: "a vacant stare" Similar blankexpressionlessdeadpaninscrutableinexpressivepoker-facedemotionlessimpassiveabsentabsentmindeduninterestedvacuousemptyglassystonywoodenmotionlesslifelessinanimateempty-headedunintelligentwithout thoughtbrainlessdensedull-wittedthickvacuousinanestupidinformal:brain-deadOpposite expressivemeaningfulthinkingintelligent

   Word Origin Middle English: from Old French, or from Latin vacant- ‘remaining empty’, from the verb vacare.

   Derivatives

   • 1. vacantly adverb

   Scrabble Points: 11

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