Usually means: Words lacking meaningful or substantive content.
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  1. empty words: Merriam-Webster
  2. empty words: Vocabulary.com
  3. empty words: Wiktionary
  4. empty words: Dictionary.com
  5. Empty Words: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  6. empty words: Rhymezone
  7. empty words: FreeDictionary.org
  8. empty words: Mnemonic Dictionary
  9. empty words: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. empty words: Legal dictionary

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  1. empty words: Encyclopedia

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Definitions from Wiktionary (empty words)

▸ noun:  (informal, idiomatic) Any type of talk with little meaning; a message that seems to contain meaningful content but is actually vapid.

Similar:
rhetoric, palaver, hot air, empty talk, empty letter, lip service, nonspeak, fillgap, nonversation, unmeaning, more...

Opposite:
meaningful, substantive, valuable, worthwhile

Phrases:
empty words of appeasement, more...

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Similar:
rhetoric, palaver, hot air, empty talk, empty letter, lip service, nonspeak, fillgap, nonversation, unmeaning, more...

Opposite:
meaningful, substantive, valuable, worthwhile

Phrases:
empty words of appeasement, more...



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