vacuity
noun
va·cu·i·ty
va-ˈkyü-ə-tē 
və-
plural vacuities
1
: an empty space
2
: the state, fact, or quality of being vacuous
3
: something (such as an idea) that is vacuous or inane
Examples of vacuity in a Sentence
We tired of the vacuity of their conversation.
the seemingly endless vacuity between settlements in the desert
Recent Examples on the Web
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.
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David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 26 Sep. 2025
Only a few days into quarantine, a loathsome instant classic of Hollywood vacuity had been born.
—Justin Chang, The New Yorker, 22 Mar. 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
Beckmann renders the physical and psychical trauma in drawings and works on paper made in the years just after the war: A disfigured soldier rides a tram with a bandage wrapped across his face, probably hiding the vacuity that was once his nose.
—Philip Kennicott, Washington Post, 15 Dec. 2023
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David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 26 Sep. 2025
Only a few days into quarantine, a loathsome instant classic of Hollywood vacuity had been born.
—Justin Chang, The New Yorker, 22 Mar. 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
Beckmann renders the physical and psychical trauma in drawings and works on paper made in the years just after the war: A disfigured soldier rides a tram with a bandage wrapped across his face, probably hiding the vacuity that was once his nose.
—Philip Kennicott, Washington Post, 15 Dec. 2023
See All Example Sentences for vacuity
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“Vacuity.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/vacuity. Accessed 23 Oct. 2025.
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