Emp'ti-ness, n.

n. [From empty.]

1. The state of being empty; absence of-matter; void space, or vacuum; exhaustion; destitution; as, the emptiness of a vessel; emptiness of the stomach.
2. Want of solidity or substance; unsatisfactoriness; inability to satisfy desire; vacuity; hollowness; as, the emptiness of light and shade; the emptiness of earthly things.
3. Want of knowledge; lack of sense. Pope.