1
as in devoid
lacking contents that could or should be present
the refrigerator is empty, so we'll have to eat out
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2
as in hungry
feeling a desire or need for food
as the long car trip wore on, we all started to feel a little empty
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as in meaningless
having no meaning
spare me your empty apologies because if you were truly sorry, you'd change
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4
as in worthless
having no usefulness
an empty task that was assigned just to keep us busy
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5
as in unsuccessful
producing no results
all of the leads in the missing-person case were turning up empty
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as in blank
not expressing any emotion
the speaker looked out at a crowd of empty faces
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Recent Examples of empty
Steve Conroy, Boston Herald, 19 Oct. 2025
The world feels empty with the void left by Jane Goodall.
—Lisa Wade, Mercury News, 19 Oct. 2025
Adrianna Rodriguez, USA Today, 11 Oct. 2025
Skubal left after 99 pitches, his tank emptied and his Tigers leading by a run.
—Cody Stavenhagen, New York Times, 11 Oct. 2025
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Adjective
Swayman was pulled for an extra skater with just under three minutes to go and Necas finished it off with an empty-netter.
—Steve Conroy, Boston Herald, 19 Oct. 2025
The world feels empty with the void left by Jane Goodall.
—Lisa Wade, Mercury News, 19 Oct. 2025
Verb
Hemorrhoids occur when the strings of muscle supporting these veins fracture and the veins are unable to empty the blood, Rao said.
—Adrianna Rodriguez, USA Today, 11 Oct. 2025
Skubal left after 99 pitches, his tank emptied and his Tigers leading by a run.
—Cody Stavenhagen, New York Times, 11 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for empty
Adjective
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Banking has become functionally correct but emotionally devoid, with the industry swimming in a sea of sameness.—
Michael Abbott,
Forbes,
19 Mar. 2025
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That devoid ingredient hindered things exponentially.—
Roderick Boone,
Charlotte Observer,
15 Feb. 2024
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Going into the weekend, the expectation was that McLaren would dominate, given the high temperatures in Austin and the tire-hungry demands of COTA, previously noteworthy strengths for the team over its competitors.—
Luke Smith,
New York Times,
19 Oct. 2025
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Change Halloween to the Fourth of July and a relentless maniac to a hungry shark, and Steven Spielberg's iconic blockbuster might as well be a seabound slasher.—
Brian Truitt,
USA Today,
18 Oct. 2025
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Mainstream rap nowadays is suffocating from meaningless rivalries, subliminal shots for stans to decode and misinterpret, and redundant talk of who’s really in the streets and who’s snitching.—
Mosi Reeves,
Rolling Stone,
14 Oct. 2025
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What affected me most in Lahiri’s story was the sense of time passing, the way our obsessions seem meaningless in the aftermath of tragic events (or, rather, from the larger vantage point of a life).—
Cressida Leyshon,
New Yorker,
12 Oct. 2025
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Another recurring feature of the biggest asset booms is outright chicanery, such as fraudulent accounting, the marketing of worthless securities, and plain old stealing.—
John Cassidy,
New Yorker,
13 Oct. 2025
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Marks drew a parallel to the late 1990s internet boom, which promised to transform the world — and ultimately did — yet left a trail of worthless companies in its wake.—
Yun Li,
CNBC,
13 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Romo was starting to describe how Mahomes was complaining about the attempt being unsuccessful when he was interrupted by the Chiefs running the ball and picking up the first down.—
Jayna Bardahl,
New York Times,
19 Oct. 2025
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However, the shooting was unsuccessful and Alex suffered only superficial wounds.—
Samantha Stutsman,
PEOPLE,
18 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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The bad column was virtually blank.—
Jay Glennie,
Deadline,
16 Oct. 2025
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Taasa looks at him in blank, exhausted disgust and then looks straight into the camera.—
Kathryn VanArendonk,
Vulture,
14 Oct. 2025
Verb
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The museum was quickly evacuated and will remain closed Sunday to preserve evidence for investigators.—
Rebecca Rosman,
NPR,
19 Oct. 2025
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Residents whose homes were destroyed evacuated to Bethel, the largest city in western Alaska.—
Karissa Waddick,
USA Today,
19 Oct. 2025
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Where homes, buildings and fields once stood in the southern city of Rafah, there were now craters and barren wastelands.—
Stephen Sorace,
FOXNews.com,
8 Oct. 2025
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Those who reached Spain were offered a place to rebuild their lives — on a small, barren island.—
Miquel Ros,
CNN Money,
7 Oct. 2025
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“Empty.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/empty. Accessed 22 Oct. 2025.
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