Both Uses of
vacuous
in
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
- Again a startled look came over the somewhat vacuous face of Miss Mary Sutherland.
Chpt 3 *vacuous = lacking intelligent thought
- For all the preposterous hat and the vacuous face, there was something noble in the simple faith of our visitor which compelled our respect.†
Chpt 3
Definitions:
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(1)
(vacuous) lacking intelligent thought
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
In addition to usage such as "vacuous comments" that indicate a lack of intelligent thought; vacuous can also indicate a lack of attention as in "a vacuous stare", or an absence of meaning as in "a vacuous life".
More rarely, and especially in older usage, vacuous may refer to physical emptiness -- such as "a vacuous warehouse".