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View definitions for devoid

devoid

adjective as in empty, wanting

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This is comedy based on a cold humor, detached, euphemistic, devoid of any generosity.

Yes, it was a fairly disappointing year in music—one devoid of Goth teen prodigies, Yeezy, and galvanizing rock anthems.

The gift of candidates devoid of personality is that the character of the electorate has a chance to come through.

The wheel eventually wound up inventoried, “utterly devoid of its emotional significance” in a museum.

To Western eyes and ears, Sharia law seems devoid of respect for differences of opinion or complex moral thinking.

They jeered and sounded mournful notes without promise, devoid even of hope.

And being devoid of ambition, and striving not toward accomplishment, she drew satisfaction from the work in itself.

Like his fellow Marshals, Macdonald hated the Spanish war, which was a war of posts, and devoid of glory.

The children were left to her stepdaughter, herself still half a child, and devoid of all experience.

Baroudi was as totally devoid of ordinary scruples as the average well-bred Englishman is full of them.

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On this page you'll find 26 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to devoid, such as: bare, barren, lacking, vacant, bereft, and deficient.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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