vacuous

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4 mentions 1 recordings first heard Aug 2026 last heard 14 Aug ↑4 vs the 12 months before

English adjective meaning empty or lacking substance

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Peter SokolowskiMerriam-Webster's Word of the Day · vacuous · 1:21 · 14 Aug
…Vacuous appeared in English in the middle of the 1600s, at first literally describing something that was empty.…
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Peter SokolowskiMerriam-Webster's Word of the Day · vacuous · 0:42 · 14 Aug
…As you might have guessed, the word vacuous shares the same root as the word vacuum.…
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Peter SokolowskiMerriam-Webster's Word of the Day · vacuous · 0:17 · 14 Aug
…Vacuous is an adjective.…
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Peter SokolowskiMerriam-Webster's Word of the Day · vacuous · 0:12 · 14 Aug
…Today's word is vacuous, spelled V-A-C-U-O-U-S.…
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