devoid
Pronunciations (2)
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/dɪˈvɔɪd/
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dɪˈvɔɪd
Adjective
Completely without; having none of
Usage- not-comparable
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I went searching for a knife, but the kitchen was devoid of anything sharper than a spoon.
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The shed, a steel-framed structure with a single-span roof devoid of intermediate support, is exceptionally well-lit by continuous glazing on the roof and along much of the sides, while there is fluorescent roof lighting for night work.
Verb
To empty out; to remove.
Usage- Obsolete
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The child will devoid the garbage after he devours his sandwich.
Adjective
completely wanting or lacking
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writing barren of insight
young recruits destitute of experience
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innocent of literary merit
the sentence was devoid of meaning
Word forms
devoidsdevoidingdevoideddevoided