vacant

Etymology

From Old French vacant, from Latin vacans.

adj

  1. Not occupied; empty.
    a vacant room
    vacant seats
    Below and to rearward circles the Tweed, silver grey on a dark brown field. Beside its low banks no tourists linger, vacant hangs the quivering bridge; down the narrow lanes no carriages come pressing over a succession of waving hills[…] 1892, E.K. Pearce, “Tweed Side”, in The Gentleman's magazine, page 171
  2. Showing no intelligence or interest.
    a vacant stare
    a vacant look in her eyes

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