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What is the adjective for hollow?

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Included below are past participle and present participle forms for the verb hollow which may be used as adjectives within certain contexts.

hollow
  1. (of something solid) Having an empty space or cavity inside.
  2. (of a sound) Distant, eerie; echoing, reverberating, as if in a hollow space; dull, muffled; often low-pitched.
  3. (figuratively) Without substance; having no real or significant worth; meaningless.
  4. (figuratively) Insincere, devoid of validity; specious.
  5. concave; gaunt; sunken.
  6. (gymnastics) pertaining to hollow body position
  7. Synonyms:
  8. Examples:
    1. “His sunken chest, stooped shoulders, and hollow eyes lend him the appearance of a man twice his age.”
      “A sound that is close to this is the hollow sound of a tuning fork.”
      “If Colin wins his case, I feel it will be a hollow victory for him, whether or not he realizes this now.”
hollower
hollowest
  1. superlative form of hollow: most hollow
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “When New Hampshire voted on March 7, Muskie won the hollowest of victories, 46 percent of the vote, far below the predicted 65 percent.”
      “Like Christopher Robin Milne, embittered child of A. A., Luke Hayman rails against the books that stole his good name, transforming him into the hollowest of celebrities.”
      “That is the hollowest hope there could be.”
hollowed
hollowing
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