MEANING
Completely lacking a quality, substance, or feature, often to a striking degree.
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Use to emphasize that a quality or substance is wholly absent.Make an absence feel conspicuous in a room, voice, or relationship.
Words that belong together
- devoid of evidence
- devoid of warmth
- devoid of meaning
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The abandoned nursery was devoid of dust, though no one had entered for years.
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- devoid
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Usage notes
The standard construction is “devoid of” plus a noun; it implies complete absence, not merely a small amount.
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