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Closest to vacant
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emptiest
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WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
adj. holding or containing nothing; "an empty glass"; "an empty room"; "full of empty seats"; "empty hours" [ant: full ] devoid of significance or point; "empty promises"; "a hollow victory"; "vacuous comments" [syn: hollow , vacuous ] having nothing inside; ...
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Empty \Emp"ty\ (?; 215), a. [Compar. Emptier ; superl. Emptiest .] [AS. emtig, [ae]mtig, [ae]metig, fr. [ae]mta, [ae]metta, quiet, leisure, rest; of uncertain origin; cf. G. emsig busy.] Containing nothing; not holding or having anything within; void of ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
a. (en-superlative of: empty)
Usage examples of emptiest.
Our car climbed on the A836 as we continued our journey south toward Lairg through some of the emptiest land imaginable, but it was surpassingly beautiful at the same time.
Another was a spirit of accommodation that prompted him to take the needs, difficulties and perplexities of anybody and everybody upon his own shoulders at any and all times, and dispose of them with admirable facility and alacrity--hence he always managed to find vacant beds in crowded inns, and plenty to eat in the emptiest larders.
He released the image and headed out toward the emptiest quarter where only a few people sat deep in their own contemplation.
Its great power and scope are shown well in this, that it can find high uses for the commonest stuff of daily speech and the emptiest phrases of daily intercourse.
The vans would unload the wagons in the emptiest countryside you ever saw, and in minutes the road behind would be filled with waving hands, laughing faces, and eyes filled with sparkle.
She stood in the centre of the emptiest part of that rather dingy room, as far as possible away from any good or chattel.
Oometimes when her life was at its emptiest, Michaele had allowed herself to fantasize about the possibility of this moment.
His eyes were a strange shade of gray that contrasted with his black skin: they were the emptiest eyes that Briar had ever seen.