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emptiness noun [ ˈɛm(p)tɪnəs ]

• the state of containing nothing.
• "the vast emptiness of space"
Similar: vacantness, bareness, blankness, clearness, barrenness, desolation, lack of contents, lack of adornment, voidness, meaninglessness, hollowness, idleness, ineffectiveness, ineffectuality, uselessness, futility, worthlessness, fruitlessness, insubstantiality, purposelessness, pointlessness, aimlessness, valuelessness, senselessness, banality, triviality, insignificance, unimportance, bootlessness, void, vacuum, vacuity, empty space, blank space, gap, vacancy, hiatus, hole, hollow, cavity, chasm, abyss, gulf, expressionlessness, vacuousness, glaze, fixedness, woodenness, stoniness, impassivity, emotionlessness, unresponsiveness, inscrutability, lack of life, lack of animation,
Opposite: crowdedness, fullness, meaningfulness, worth, expressiveness,
• the quality of lacking meaning or sincerity; meaninglessness.
• "he realizes the emptiness of his statement"
• the quality of having no value or purpose; futility.
• "feelings of emptiness and loneliness"


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