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vacant
Part of speech: AdjectiveEmpty; lacking thought or reflection; as, a vacant stare; not occupied; as, a vacant building, or a vacant position; not made use of; as, vacant hours; free from care; as, Goldsmith wrote that country life gave the blessing of a vacant mind.
Usage examples "vacant":- Wall, as I say, finally Gertrude Plank had left her room vacant, and our niece had come to us with a cheerful face and one small trunk full of neccessaries for her week's visit. - "Samantha at the World's Fair", Marietta Holley.
- Quite, replied his chief; and of course, sir, your post is vacant. - "A Dash from Diamond City", George Manville Fenn.
- Spring had only been sleepy and lazy, and in such a case what could poor old winter do but fill the vacant post till she came? - "The Cuckoo Clock", Mrs. Molesworth.