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vacancy
This term carries a sterile, administrative quality when referring to jobs or housing. It suggests a hole that needs to be filled, evoking a sense of availability or a missing piece in a structured system. It is the standard professional term used in recruitment and hospitality. When applied to a person's expression or mind, the word shifts toward a negative or eerie connotation. It describes a hollow lack of thought or emotion, creating a mental image of a void where a personality or consciousness should be.
Countable when referring to a specific open job or a hotel room. Uncountable when describing the blank quality of a person's gaze or a general state of emptiness.
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An unoccupied position or office within an organization.
"There is a vacancy for a senior accountant at the firm."
An available room in a hotel or rental property.
"The motel sign indicated that there was no vacancy."
A state of being empty or devoid of content, intelligence, or expression.
"The vacancy in his eyes suggested he was not listening."