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
The transpersonal quality of great art has its dark side in the vacuity of hotel paintings, Muzak, and formulaic paperback novels.
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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
His article in Harper’s has something of Joan Didion’s wry bemusement about the vacuity of modern celebrity.
—Alexander Nazaryan, Los Angeles Times, 2 Oct. 2023
The vacuity of the space around an ion qubit means that its state (0, 1 or both) is relatively unimpacted by state-destroying air particles.
—Katherine Wright, Scientific American, 28 Sep. 2023
For decades, the industry and the media have mistaken Anderson’s introverted nature for vacuity.
—Tatiana Siegel, Variety, 26 Jan. 2023
Instead of interrogating Indian officials on their Ukraine policy, or providing space for in-depth discussion of what India should do, Indian outlets echo the vacuity of Foreign Ministry pronouncements.
—Anjani Jain, Fortune, 23 Mar. 2022
Kaokept, who charms as the Balladeer, recedes into sympathetic vacuity when playing Oswald.
—Los Angeles Times, 23 Feb. 2022
Meanwhile, traffic still roars over the Theodore Roosevelt Bridge, and visitors must still cross the dispiriting vacuity of Virginia Avenue to get to the center.
—Washington Post, 3 Sep. 2021
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
His article in Harper’s has something of Joan Didion’s wry bemusement about the vacuity of modern celebrity.
—Alexander Nazaryan, Los Angeles Times, 2 Oct. 2023
The vacuity of the space around an ion qubit means that its state (0, 1 or both) is relatively unimpacted by state-destroying air particles.
—Katherine Wright, Scientific American, 28 Sep. 2023
For decades, the industry and the media have mistaken Anderson’s introverted nature for vacuity.
—Tatiana Siegel, Variety, 26 Jan. 2023
Instead of interrogating Indian officials on their Ukraine policy, or providing space for in-depth discussion of what India should do, Indian outlets echo the vacuity of Foreign Ministry pronouncements.
—Anjani Jain, Fortune, 23 Mar. 2022
Kaokept, who charms as the Balladeer, recedes into sympathetic vacuity when playing Oswald.
—Los Angeles Times, 23 Feb. 2022
Meanwhile, traffic still roars over the Theodore Roosevelt Bridge, and visitors must still cross the dispiriting vacuity of Virginia Avenue to get to the center.
—Washington Post, 3 Sep. 2021
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“Vacuity.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/vacuity. Accessed 19 Apr. 2024.
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