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vacant adjective [ ˈveɪk(ə)nt ]

• (of a place) not occupied; empty.
• "40 per cent of the offices are still vacant"
Similar: empty, unoccupied, unfilled, free, available, not in use, unused, unengaged, uninhabited, untenanted, tenantless, to let, for sale, on the market, abandoned, deserted, up for grabs,
Opposite: full, occupied, open,
• having or showing no intelligence or interest.
• "a vacant stare"
Similar: blank, expressionless, deadpan, inscrutable, inexpressive, poker-faced, emotionless, impassive, absent, absent-minded, uninterested, vacuous, empty, glassy, stony, wooden, motionless, lifeless, inanimate, empty-headed, unintelligent, without thought, brainless, dense, dull-witted, thick, inane, stupid, brain-dead,
Opposite: expressive, meaningful, thinking, intelligent,
Origin: Middle English: from Old French, or from Latin vacant- ‘remaining empty’, from the verb vacare .


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