Components
むなしい is an exact match with one form of the following word:
空しい
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Reading : むなしい   
1. empty; void; vacant
2. vain; fruitless; futile; ineffective
3. lifeless  (see also: 空しくなる)
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Kanshudo usefulness level: 5 (among the 10,000 most useful words in Japanese)
• Kanshudo usefulness level is based on a usefulness score of 86,972 which gives a rank of 8,019
空しい is the most useful form. 2 additional forms are shown below.
• This form is used about 10% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 164,000 (about 470,000 results)
• This form appears in Wikipedia's list of JLPT N1 vocabulary (see JLPT collections)
• This form appears in the 1998 'Ichimango goi bunruishuu' frequent word list by Senmon Kyouiku
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Example sentences:
かれ
かれ
せいかつ
生活
むな
しさ
もたらした
His death has left a vacuum in their lives.
わたし
むなしく
つい
やした
じかん
時間
もど
さなければ

I must make up for lost time.
せいこう
成功
しよ
ふんとう
奮闘
していて
とき
ひと
むなしい
きも
気持
なる
The struggle to succeed sometimes leaves people feeling empty.
虚しい
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Reading : むなしい   
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• This form is used about 70% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 86,000 (about 2,800,000 results)
• iknow! Core 6000 rank: 5407 (see iKnow! collections)
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むなしい
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Usefulness and usage:
• This form is used about 20% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 123,000 (about 965,000 results)
• This form appears in the 1998 'Ichimango goi bunruishuu' frequent word list by Senmon Kyouiku
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クウ   から empty   あ to be empty   あける to empty, vacate   そら sky   
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コウ   ク    work; construction; craft   
ケツ   あな hole   
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katakana 'ha'; eight
roof   
キョ   コ    void   
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とら tiger   
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divining rod
cliff
シチ   なな    なな    なの seven   
almost lined up
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