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Empty or not occupied
“He felt as though something he had carried inside himself for a long while had vanished into nothingness, leaving a blank and empty space where it had been.”
Clean and unmarked
“It would be a bit like standing all day in front of a blank canvas waiting for inspiration to strike.”
Showing a lack of emotion
“His face is blank, but his eyes are full of hatred, confusion and fear.”
Showing or expressing confusion or bewilderment
“Ronald continued staring into space with a blank look on his face.”
To an absolute degree
“Philip Trent had obviously tried to explain the situation to his mother, only to be met with a blank refusal to believe any part of his story.”
Not paying attention to what is being said or done
Having no strong positive or negative features
(of a landscape) Desolate and barren
Having a straight face, not revealing excessive emotion, especially amusement
Having no knowledge of a situation or fact
A state of nothingness or emptiness
“I had a complete mind blank halfway through my presentation.”
A printed document where information is to be provided or filled in
“They gave me a blank to fill out, which I did.”
A space left to be filled
“Fill in each blank before submitting your form.”
Nothing or zero in amount, quantity or degree
The rejection of all religious and moral principles, in the belief that life is meaningless
An ineffectual or failed thing, person or endeavor
A lapse or absence of memory
The absence or opposite of something actual or positive
A container holding a spool of photographic film, a quantity of ink, etc., designed for insertion into a mechanism
To rebuff, ignore, or spurn (someone) disdainfully
To defeat, subdue or overcome with superior strength
To erase or cancel out information, e.g. on a document
To give little or no attention to
To frustrate or prevent (someone) from achieving an aim
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