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Noun: emptiness  emp-tee-nus
  1. The state of containing nothing
     
  2. Having an empty stomach
     
  3. An empty area or space
    "the emptiness of outer space"
    - void, vacancy, vacuum
     
  4. The quality of being valueless or futile
    - vanity

Derived forms: emptinesses

See also: empty

Type of: condition, hunger, hungriness, ineptitude, space, status, worthlessness

Antonym: fullness

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