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Antonyms for vacant


Grammar : Adj
Spell : vey-kuh nt
Phonetic Transcription : ˈveɪ kənt



Definition of vacant

Origin :
  • late 13c., from Old French vacant, from Latin vacantem (nominative vacans), present participle of vacare "to be empty" (see vain). Related: Vacantly.
  • adj empty; unoccupied
  • adj absent-minded; expressionless
Example sentences :
  • He turned and faced Percival, looking from him to his sandwich with vacant eyes.
  • Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
  • The feeling then was reciprocal, and he was proposed for the vacant seat.
  • Extract from : « The Grand Old Man » by Richard B. Cook
  • Novels are taken up to amuse the vacant hour—in this consists their use.
  • Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. 327 » by Various
  • Mr. Gladstone was invited to the vacant place, but declined.
  • Extract from : « The Grand Old Man » by Richard B. Cook
  • A man cutting brush in a vacant lot leaned on his axe to look after us.
  • Extract from : « The Bacillus of Beauty » by Harriet Stark
  • The place at his right had been vacant ever since they left Southampton.
  • Extract from : « Quaint Courtships » by Various
  • Comrade Ossipon met the shock of this blasphemy by an awful, vacant stare.
  • Extract from : « The Secret Agent » by Joseph Conrad
  • The child's eyes, though soft, were so vacant in their gaze.
  • Extract from : « Night and Morning, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
  • The post will not be vacant until the beginning of the year.
  • Extract from : « The Channings » by Mrs. Henry Wood
  • I have taken all the vacant apartments; and must carry this point also.
  • Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 3 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson

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