English to German Meaning of vacuous - leer

Vacuous :

leer

adjective

unbesetzt, leer, frei, unergiebig, hohl, albern

Vacuous :: leerVacuously :: vacuouslyVacuousness :: Plattheit

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Definitions of vacuous in English

Adjective(1) devoid of intelligence or thought(2) devoid of significance or force(3) devoid of matter

Examples of vacuous in English

(1) This piece struck me as one of the most vacuous and shallow pieces of writing I've seen in a very long time.(2) We should argue about how things are, not seek to win arguments with vacuous comparisons designed to evoke revulsion without thought.(3) For many, the book was a microcosm of the vacuous 1980s, a period in American history when youngsters stood for nothing and believed in nothing.(4) Belief and unbelief, so important to the intellectual posturing of modern existence, are innocuous, vacuous terms.(5) Some might say that it's because the actors are silly, strident, vacuous , and self-important.(6) I have been repelled by attempts to portray him as a vacuous man with an artificial smile and no convictions.(7) Can there be anything more futile than to combine the huge range of music we find under the vapid and vacuous heading Easy Listening?(8) On the second floor, I stepped into a vacuous , empty office space.(9) A vacuous , empty space is present in almost all locations throughout the film and successfully captures the enormous lack of love Barry feels.(10) He attempts to revisit the concept of intelligence but comes to the vacuous conclusion that it can't be defined.(11) He's a young, concerned citizen who, like so many of us, is turned off by the negative and vacuous campaigns run by candidates of both major parties.(12) There was less than a minute of silence, and then two police cruisers tore down the vacuous street with their sirens on and stopped in front of the restaurant.(13) If the Nationalists had simply parroted their trite, intellectually vacuous opposition, then that would have been no more or less than expected.(14) If only the museum had been given a fraction of the budget wasted on silly stunts and vacuous indulgences of the Capital of Culture bid, its future would be assured.(15) You'll see their vacuous smiles, but their sad eyes will betray how hollow and unhappy they really are.(16) Choices based on the most minute reasoning but lacking any desire are vacuous .

Synonyms

Adjective

1. silly ::

dumm

2. hollow ::

hohl

3. mindless ::

geistlos

4. blank ::

leer

Antonyms

1. full ::

voll

Different Forms

vacuous, vacuously, vacuousness

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