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adjective

Vacant adj.

1.

Deprived of contents; not filled; empty; as, a vacant room. "Stuffs out his vacant garments with his form." "Being of those virtues vacant." "There is no fireside, howsoe'er defended, But has one vacant chair."

2.

Unengaged with business or care; unemployed; unoccupied; disengaged; free; as, vacant hours. "Religion is the interest of all; but philosophy of those... at leisure, and vacant from the affairs of the world." "There was not a minute of the day which he left vacant."

3.

Not filled or occupied by an incumbent, possessor, or officer; unoccupied; as, a vacant throne; a vacant house; a vacant apartment; a vacant parish. "Special dignities which vacant lie For thy best use and wearing."

4.

Empty of thought; thoughtless; not occupied with study or reflection; as, a vacant mind. "The duke had a pleasant and vacant face." "When on my couch I lie In vacant or in pensive mood."

5.

(Law) Abandoned; having no heir, possessor, claimant, or occupier; as, a vacant estate.

Vacant succession (Law), one that is claimed by no person, or where all the heirs are unknown, or where all the known heirs to it have renounced it.

Synonyms: Empty; void; devoid; free; unemployed; disengaged; unincumbered; uncrowded; idle. Vacant, Empty. A thing is empty when there is nothing in it; as, an empty room, or an empty noddle. Vacant adds the idea of having been previously filled, or intended to be filled or occupied; as, a vacant seat at table; a vacant office; vacant hours. When we speak of a vacant look or a vacant mind, we imply the absence of the intelligence naturally to be expected there.

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... telephone; and three or four times he passed Dr. McMullen's house to shout his half of a long-distance and fragmentary conversation with her. He ate solemnly with Bobby at six o'clock, the two quite subdued over the vacant chair at the other end of the table. After dinner they sat on the porch until Bobby's bed-time. Orde put his small son to bed, and sat talking with the youngster as long as his conscience would permit. Then he ...

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... on his lips; he raised his hand in the dead silence. With eyes that opened wide in horror he pointed over Miss Garth's shoulder. She turned to see her mistress standing on the threshold with staring, vacant eyes. With a dreadful stillness in her voice, she repeated the man's last words, "Seven passengers ...

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