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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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
Briah Lumpkins, Charlotte Observer, 7 July 2025
Fill an empty 2-liter bottle with warm water from the sink.
—Ashlyn Needham, Southern Living, 4 July 2025
Luke Winkie, Vulture, 18 June 2025
After Trump's Warning Downtown Tehran began to empty early Tuesday.
—Barney Henderson, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 June 2025
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Adjective
At the corner of West Boulevard and Romare Bearden Drive, the majority of a 3.5-acre lot sits empty.
—Briah Lumpkins, Charlotte Observer, 7 July 2025
Fill an empty 2-liter bottle with warm water from the sink.
—Ashlyn Needham, Southern Living, 4 July 2025
Verb
From there, the development team empties their notebook of all the eccentric ideas that didn’t make the cut the first time around.
—Luke Winkie, Vulture, 18 June 2025
After Trump's Warning Downtown Tehran began to empty early Tuesday.
—Barney Henderson, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 June 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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Delle, devoid for so long from its intrinsic need for social interaction might be filling in the gaps by talking to himself.—
Mack DeGeurin,
Popular Science,
14 Feb. 2023
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Meanwhile, hungry Palestinians are enduring a catastrophic situation in Gaza.—
WAFAA SHURAFA,
Arkansas Online,
29 June 2025
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That's because tomatoes are notoriously hungry for nutrients, and broccoli will compete for the same selection of nutrients in the soil.—
Steve Bender,
Southern Living,
29 June 2025
Adjective
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The most likely candidates for an add would be the 2024 seventh-round pick Hanson or Driskell, but neither had an offensive snap last season outside of the team’s meaningless week 18 game against Denver.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
3 July 2025
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Choose one, and land in a place that reduces the number of meaningless games for a conference that plays more Group of Five and FCS cupcakes than any other Power Four league.—
Blake Toppmeyer,
The Tennessean,
2 July 2025
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The incumbents protect the fort until the fort is worthless (cliche cf.—
Forrester,
Forbes.com,
2 July 2025
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Ready for a Vogue cover, a spot on 'ET,' more worthless performative nonsense.—
Edward Segarra,
USA Today,
30 June 2025
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Life-saving efforts were unsuccessful and the man was pronounced dead at the scene, said Officer Anthony Gamble, a Sacramento Police Department spokesperson.—
The Sacramento Bee,
Sacbee.com,
29 June 2025
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Attempts to impeach Pashinyan, who came to power in 2018, were unsuccessful.—
Avet Demourian,
Los Angeles Times,
27 June 2025
Adjective
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The first Tron had played out as a series of face-offs featuring glowing figures against a black background, replicating the blank environment of an arcade screen.—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
27 June 2025
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Wear it as a blank canvas, or switch things up with a statement belt.—
Catie Pusateri,
Glamour,
26 June 2025
Verb
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The residents of San Antonio, Austin and the surrounding areas have been urged to monitor forecasts, be alert for possible Flood Warnings and be prepared to evacuated if necessary.—
Hannah Parry
Amanda Castro,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 July 2025
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In a press conference on Sunday morning, Kerrville City manager Rice was asked about why summer camps were not evacuated, despite the warning days earlier that a storm could occur.—
Rebecca Schneid,
Time,
7 July 2025
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Work and plans are changing what was once a barren landscape into a new neighborhood.—
Kenneth R. Gosselin,
Hartford Courant,
29 June 2025
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As the moon progresses through the different phases of the lunar calendar, the sun's light throws new impact sites, barren plains, and swathes of broken landscapes into relief as prime targets for amateur astronomers wielding binoculars and backyard telescopes.—
Anthony Wood,
Space.com,
21 June 2025
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“Empty.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/empty. Accessed 11 Jul. 2025.
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