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Synonyms for vacant

Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002

Synonyms for vacant

containing nothing

not occupied or put to use

lacking intelligent thought or content

lacking value, use, or substance

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void of thought or knowledge

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without an occupant or incumbent

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His eyes looked at me again with the painful expression of inquiry, so wistful, so vacant, so miserably helpless to see.
But there were moments, even in the full flow of his talkativeness, when he suddenly hesitated--looked at me for a moment with the vacant inquiry once more in his eyes--controlled himself--and went on again.
When I looked at him he had finished reading the note, and his eyes had assumed the vacant, lack-lustre expression which showed mental abstraction.
The latter looked out with three tiers of vacant melancholy windows, which were blank and dreary, save that here and there a "To Let" card had developed like a cataract upon the bleared panes.
The next day, a neighbor told Grace to check the vacant lot on Cypress Street because Galguerra frequented the area.
The government's reluctance to appoint the eligible officers has left them wondering why the MHA is leaving these positions vacant.
Controversy surrounds the filling of the vacant parliamentary seat with the move by the United People's Freedom Alliance (UPFA) to appoint MP Shantha Bandara to fill the vacancy created by Dissanayake's demise.
May mga vacant lots na pwedeng gamitin para dito na hindi haharang sa kalye,' San Juan City Mayor Francis Zamora said.
"The number of vacant teaching and non-teaching posts in the University of Allahabad, a Central University in Prayagraj, is 550 and 519 respectively," Pokhriyal said in a written reply to a question in the Lok Sabha.
In a submission to the planners, David McDonald of The Burgh Coffee Company at number 4 said: "The unit has only been vacant since November.
According to local senior officials, as many as 4,900 seats of different categories have been lying vacant in Gepco for the last several years.
Albro, a researcher in the ecological and social value of vacant urban land and a project manager for the project Vacant to Vibrant, details the implementation process, challenges, and successes faced in the project, which aimed to convert small, vacant parcels in Cleveland, Ohio, Buffalo, New York, and Gary, Indiana, to parks containing stormwater control measures, to address excess vacant land, aging sewer infrastructure, and declining neighborhoods, as well as reveal lessons learned for many types of urban greening projects.
Instead of 219 officers, only 98 are running the system in 10 power distribution companies as the remaining positions have been vacant for the past one and a half year.