empty
n.n. containing nothing inside. You use this to describe a container, a room, or a space that has no people or things in it.
n. containing nothing; devoid of contents or occupants. Often used figuratively to describe a lack of meaning or substance.
The milk carton is empty so I will buy more.
The streets were completely empty at four in the morning before the first buses started running.
Despite the grand architecture and expensive furniture, the house felt strangely empty without the warmth of a family living inside.
From Middle English emty, amty, from Old English ǣmtiġ, ǣmettiġ (“vacant, empty, free, idle, unmarried”, literally “without must or obligation, leisurely”), from Proto-Germanic uz- (“out”) + Proto-Germanic mōtijô, mōtô (“must, obligation, need”), mōtiþô (“ability, accommodation”), from Proto-Indo-European *med- (“measure; to acquire, possess, be in command”). Related to Old English ġeǣmtigian (“to empty”), ǣmetta (“leisure”), mōtan (“can, to be allowed”). More at mote, meet. The interconsonantal excrescent p is a euphonic insertion dating from Middle English.
Commonly functions as an attributive or predicative adjective; can also be used as a transitive verb meaning to remove all contents.
The room was empty from people.The room was empty of people.When specifying what is missing, use the preposition 'of' rather than 'from'.