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[ noun ] being unoccupied

Used in print

(The Dallas Morning News,...)

Marshall_Formby of Plainview , former chairman of the Texas_Highway_Commission , suggested a plan to fill by appointment future vacancies in the Legislature and Congress , eliminating the need for costly special elections .

Related terms

emptiness

2
[ noun ] an empty area or space

Synonyms

emptiness vacuum void

Examples

"the huge desert voids" "the emptiness of outer space" "without their support he'll be ruling in a vacuum"

Related terms

space void

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Rhymes with

agency expectancy frequency infrequency complacency latency currency vagrancy pregnancy urgency relevancy irrelevancy delinquency tendency clemency conservancy discrepancy transparency ascendancy ascendency dependency regency emergency insurgency counterinsurgency occupancy incompetency tenancy presidency militancy buoyancy stridency indecency emergency sufficiency cogency inefficiency proficiency immunodeficiency self-sufficiency exigency efficiency deficiency decency leniency vibrancy poignancy contingency insolvency stringency malignancy solvency consistency consultancy redundancy accountancy absorbency inconsistency incumbency dormancy resiliency despondency truancy potency hesitancy fluency residency constituency nancy muncie infancy expediency necromancy constancy inconstancy licensee chancy quincy competency bouncy fancy excellency fiancee teensy

Phonetic and Homophones

V EY1 K AH0 N S IY0

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