devoid

de·void

 (dĭ-void′)

adj.

Completely lacking; destitute or empty: a novel devoid of wit and inventiveness.

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[Middle English, past participle of devoiden, to remove, eliminate, from Old French desvoidier : des-, de- + voidier, to empty (from voide, empty; see void).]

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devoid

(dɪˈvɔɪd)

adj

(foll by: of) destitute or void (of); free (from)

[C15: originally past participle of devoid (vb) to remove, from Old French devoidier, from de- de- + voider to void]

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de•void

(dɪˈvɔɪd)

adj.

not possessing; totally lacking; destitute (usu. fol. by of).

[1350–1400; Middle English, orig. past participle of devoyden to drive out, empty < Old French desvuidier to empty out =des- dis-¹ + vuidier to empty, void]

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Thesaurus

Adj.

1.

devoid - completely wanting or lacking; "writing barren of insight"; "young recruits destitute of experience"; "innocent of literary merit"; "the sentence was devoid of meaning" destitute, barren, innocent, free nonexistent - not having existence or being or actuality; "chimeras are nonexistent"

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devoid

adjective (with of) lacking in, without, free from, wanting in, sans (archaic), bereft of, empty of, deficient in, denuded of, barren of I have never looked on a face so devoid of feeling.

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devoid

adjective

Not having a desirable element:

barren, destitute, empty, innocent, lacking, void, wanting.

Idiom: in want of.

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Translations

خالٍ مِن

postrádajícízbavený

blottet forfri for

befreitohne

dépourvu

gjörsneyddur

carenteprivovuoto

neturintis

bezbrīvs

blottet

sızyoksun

没有缺乏

devoid

[dɪˈvɔɪd] ADJ devoid of → desprovisto de

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devoid

[dɪˈvɔɪd] adj
devoid of → dépourvu(e) de, dénué(e) de

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devoid

adj devoid of → bar +gen, → ohne

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devoid

[dɪˈvɔɪd] adj devoid of → privo/a di, senza

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devoid

(diˈvoid) adjective

(with of) free from or lacking. That is devoid of any meaning. ontbloot, ontdaan خالٍ مِن лишен desprovido postrádající, zbavený ohne, befreit blottet for; fri for κενός, στερούμενος desprovisto de -tu, ilma ... -ta خالی از؛ عاری از vailla dépourvu חָסַר - रहित lišen mentes vmitől kosong, tidak ada gjörsneyddur privo, sprovvisto 欠けている (~이) 없는, 빠진 neturintis, be brīvs []; bez tanpa verstoken vanblottetpozbawiony تش، خالى، بې څه desprovido lipsit (de) лишённый чего-л. bez (čoho) brez (česa) lišen blottad (tom) på, saknande, utan ซึ่งขาดแคลน; ปราศจากบางอย่างโดยสิ้นเชิง yoksun, ...sız 缺乏，沒有 позбавлений чого; вільний від чого کسی شی سے محروم trống rỗng 缺乏，没有

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