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Hollow Describe Statement Situation Person Real Worth Effectiveness

query
If you describe a statement, situation, or person as h_____, you mean they have no real value, worth, or effectiveness.If you describe a statement, situation, or person as hollow, you mean they have no real value, worth, or effectiveness.
Any threat to bring in the police is a hollow one.
...a hollow man who's coasted on charm for far too long.
One month before the deadline we see the hollowness of these promises.
word hollow
full-definition
adjective
Something that is hollow has a space inside it, as opposed to being solid all the way through.
...a hollow tree.
...a hollow cylinder.
A surface that is hollow curves inwards .
He looked young, dark and sharp-featured, with hollow cheeks.
If you describe a statement, situation, or person as hollow, you mean they have no real value, worth, or effectiveness.
Any threat to bring in the police is a hollow one.
...a hollow man who's coasted on charm for far too long.
One month before the deadline we see the hollowness of these promises.
If someone gives a hollow laugh, they laugh in a way that shows that they do not really find something amusing .
Murray Pick's hollow laugh had no mirth in it.
A hollow sound is dull and echoing .
...the hollow sound of a gunshot.
noun
A hollow is a hole inside a tree.
I made my home there, in the hollow of a dying elm.
A hollow is an area that is lower than the surrounding surface.
Below him the town lay warm in the hollow of the hill.
...where water gathers in a hollow and forms a pond.
verb
If something is hollowed, its surface is made to curve inwards or downwards .
The mule's back was hollowed by the weight of its burden.
...her high, elegantly hollowed cheekbones.
inflections hollowshollowinghollowedhollowness
cefr-level B2

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