vacuous

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The few other highlights in the show are overwhelmed by a surfeit of lifeless abstractions, eye-glazing prints and vacuous conceptual works.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 6, 2026

As for the music itself, while it was enough to convince some fans, the lack of actual human creative input made it sound "vacuous and pristine", she says.

From BBC • Aug. 22, 2025

These are the adult tantrums of “I know you are, but what am I?” bullies, vacuous but vicious.

From Slate • Feb. 21, 2025

It's the story of Cohn, who at the top of his game adopts and mentors the vacuous and malleable Donald Trump.

From Salon • Oct. 2, 2024

He looked at her carefully, but he was no match for the bland and vacuous docility Lyra could command when she wanted to; and finally he nodded and went back to his newspaper.

From "The Subtle Knife" by Philip Pullman