Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Completely lacking; destitute or empty.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To avoid; leave; depart from.
- To do away; put aside; destroy.
- Empty; vacant; void.
- Destitute; not possessing; lacking: with of: as, devoid of understanding.
- Synonyms Void, etc. See
vacant .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb To empty out; to remove.
- adjective obsolete Void; empty; vacant.
- adjective Destitute; not in possession; -- with
of
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective
empty ; having none of; completelywithout
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective completely wanting or lacking
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Elizabeth looked up at him, her gaze straight, her expression devoid of coquetry, absolutely honest.
The Virgin's Lover Philippa Gregory 1996
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Elizabeth looked up at him, her gaze straight, her expression devoid of coquetry, absolutely honest.
The Virgin's Lover Philippa Gregory 1996
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In this sense, "God" just becomes another term devoid of significant religious association.
UCLA Stories 2009
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“Year of our Lord” despite its religious origin is a term devoid of any religious meaning in this day and age.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Create a Constitutional Theory Out of This 2010
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Fresh powder, long runs, and a mountain devoid of other people.
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Like Twilight, it would make the charts, but would remain devoid of substance and heart.
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Fresh powder, long runs, and a mountain devoid of other people.
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And that gives you a chance to pick up a bunch of starters on a team that believes it can win devoid of any marquee talent outside of V.Y. The Titans did not have much of a supporting cast last year, and Young almost got them to the playoffs.
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Maya's desires to be a "normal" civilian overcame the requirement for her to be an efficient Harlequin devoid of any personal ties.
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For what right can my slave have against me, when all that he has belongs to me, and, his right being mine, this right of mine against myself is a phrase devoid of meaning?
The Social Contract 2002
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