What does vacuously mean?
Used to indicate that something is true or valid by default, or because it is not contradicted. In mathematics, used to describe a statement that is true because it is vacuously true, i.e., it has no instances to which it can be applied.
Example
"The statement 'all bachelors are married' is vacuously true because there are no bachelors who are married."
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