vacuousness

Definitions

The state of being empty or lacking content.

A lack of thought, intelligence, or serious purpose; vapidity.

Examples

The critic was struck by the utter vacuousness of the film's plot, which lacked any real substance or emotional depth.

He tried to hide his ignorance behind a mask of intellectual vacuousness, hoping no one would notice he hadn't read the assigned text.

Synonyms

emptiness vacuity blankness inanity fatuity vapidity mindlessness

Antonyms

fullness substance intelligence meaningfulness depth wisdom significance