Brazil is the largest coffee producer in the world. Each year Brazil exports more than 44 million bags of coffee. Vietnam follows at exporting over 27 million bags each year.
VACUITY
inanity, senselessness, mindlessness, vacuity, pointlessness
(noun) total lack of meaning or ideas
vacuum, vacuity
(noun) a region that is devoid of matter
vacuum, vacuity
(noun) the absence of matter
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
vacuity (countable and uncountable, plural vacuities)
Emptiness.
Physical emptiness, an absence of matter; vacuum.
Idleness; listlessness.
An empty or inane remark or thing.
Source: Wiktionary
Va*cu"i*ty, n. Etym: [L. vacuitas. See Vacuous.]
1. The quality or state of being vacuous, or not filled; emptiness; vacancy; as, vacuity of mind; vacuity of countenance. Hunger is such a state of vacuity as to require a fresh supply of aliment. Arbuthnot.
2. Space unfilled or unoccupied, or occupied with an invisible fluid only; emptiness; void; vacuum. A vacuity is interspersed among the particles of matter. Bentley. God . . . alone can answer all our longings and fill every vacuity of our soul. Rogers.
3. Want of reality; inanity; nihility. [R.] Their expectations will meet with vacuity. Glanvill.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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