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Definition of vacant:
- Abandoned; having no heir, possessor, claimant, or occupier; as, a vacant estate.
- Deprived of contents; not filled; empty; as, a vacant room.
- Empty of thought; thoughtless; not occupied with study or reflection; as, a vacant mind.
- Not filled or occupied by an incumbent, possessor, or officer; as, a vacant throne; a vacant parish.
- Unengaged with business or care; unemployed; unoccupied; disengaged; free; as, vacant hours.
Synonyms:
deserted, clear, unemployed, indolent, silly, idle, free, witty, full, inhabited, witless, used, foolish, occupied, stupid, slothful, uninhabited, giddy, empty, unused, inactive, abandoned, inert, intelligent, bare, otiose, trifling, lazy, vain, hollow, unfilled, unintelligent, sluggish.
- absent (part of speech: adjective)
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thoughtless (part of speech: adjective)
- brainless,
- unthoughtful,
- illogical,
- unoccupied,
- inane,
- mindless,
- vacuous,
- unreasonable,
- thoughtless,
- unthinking,
- blank,
- empty-headed,
- fatuous
- unsubstantial (part of speech: adjective)
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nonexistent (part of speech: adjective)
- meaningless,
- null,
- barren,
- void,
- nonexistent,
- empty,
- devoid,
- vacuous,
- non-subsistent,
- unexisting
Usage examples:
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His writing was peculiar, and he would also continue the letter if necessary in any odd corner that was vacant.
- "The History of "Punch"", M. H. Spielmann. -
" Especially of one's self," added the major, looking across the water towards the Binnenhof in his vacant way.
- "Roden's Corner", Henry Seton Merriman. -
Show him good wheat land lying vacant or rocks that block a railroad, and he won't rest till he starts the gang- plow or gets to work with giant- powder.
- "The Girl From Keller's Sadie's Conquest", Harold Bindloss.