Sentence examples for vacuous term from inspiring English sources

We say she is "everything," and in a way that's more telling than the vacuous term ever intends to be.

Another class of potential problem cases are vacuous terms.

Jones seems not to have considered the application of her denotation-connotation distinction to the problem of vacuous terms and does not appeal to its utility in this connection in arguing for her proposal.

That, and she taught me that moral character has nothing to do with physical size and vacuous terms like "honor" but has everything to do with not quitting -- with going the extra mile to ensure that the innocent are protected, no matter how inconvenient that may be for the rest of us.

In "The Existential Import of Propositions" (Russell 1905a), the theory of denoting concepts is applied to the problem of vacuous singular terms.

(If the Ontological Proof is formalized in a logic that admits vacuous singular terms, then the definition may well be legitimate, but it will not imply the existence of God).

New York Times - The editorial board was unimpressed with the debate, saying "when just one candidate is serious and the other is a vacuous bully, the term loses all meaning".

The harshest responses were less aesthetic than moral, castigating the movie in terms ranging from "vacuous and irresponsible" to "reprehensible" and "blood-boiling".

McCartney had himself to blame for perceptions of his role, always playing Mr Nice Guy, developing an affable but vacuous interview technique that Norman aptly terms "soufflé-speak".

The reaction of the government exposes the term "northern powerhouse" as the vacuous slogan it is.

Your Critic's Notebook column about the overuse of the term "Really?" was so deeply vacuous that I couldn't help but feel that you have stepped into my area of expertise.