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(dɪvɔɪd)
adjective
If you say that someone or something is devoid of a quality or thing, you are emphasizing that they have none of it.
[formal, emphasis]
I have never looked on a face that was so devoid of feeling. [+ of]
The skies are virtually devoid of birdlife.
Synonyms: lacking in, without, free from, wanting in More Synonyms of devoid

devoid in British English

(dɪˈvɔɪd)
adjective
(postpositive; foll by of)
destitute or void (of); free (from)
Word origin
C15: originally past participle of devoid (vb) to remove, from Old French devoidier, from de- de- + voider to void

devoid in American English

(dɪˈvɔɪd)
adjective
completely without; empty or destitute (of)
Word origin
ME, orig. pp. of devoiden, to put away < OFr desvuidier < des- (L dis-), from + vuidier: see void

Examples of 'devoid' in a sentence
devoid

His voice was flat, devoid of feeling, throughout.
Times, Sunday Times (2017)
While milk products are particularly high in calcium they are almost complete devoid of magnesium.
Holford, Patrick The Family Nutrition Workbook (1988)
We have too many players devoid of ideas and confidence.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
It is a programme entirely devoid of thought or insight.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
For true justice cannot be so hollow and the approach to it so devoid of feeling.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
The old town is almost devoid of chain stores.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
They were listless and devoid of ideas and invention.
The Sun (2012)
It is fortified with calcium but almost devoid of protein.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
England are being outclassed and appear devoid of any ideas of how to stop their downward spiral.
The Sun (2006)
They continued to look a side low on motivation, playing a match devoid of meaning.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
It is a scene utterly devoid of affectation or self-importance.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
It isn't totally devoid of life.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
Yesterday's show was completely devoid of superfluous accessories.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
The atmosphere is fun, friendly and completely devoid of cynicism.
The Sun (2010)
The teams' goalless draw ten days ago was almost entirely devoid of goalscoring opportunities until added time.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
The remainder of the nineteenth century was not entirely devoid of examples of irregular warfare in western Europe.
Mcinnes, Colin & Sheffield G.D (eds.) Warfare in the Twentieth Century (1988)
There are few things more tiresome than shock for the sake of shock value, devoid of deeper meaning.
Christianity Today (2000)
He M was virtually indestructible and devoid of human f laws.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
I'm totally cool with the idea of life being utterly meaningless and devoid of purpose.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
I'm sure some of the people in charge of these departments are devoid of any feeling.
The Sun (2010)
The Chancellor's face was devoid of colour.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
Despite improvements, by the 1950s the river was virtually dead and devoid of oxygen.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
He was so low, so utterly devoid of hope, that death seemed like an escape route.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
Unless he really means to abandon hope in the 21st century and seek refuge in nostalgia, he is sponsoring an architecture devoid of meaning.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)

In other languages
devoid

British English: devoid ADJECTIVE
to be devoid of sth If you say that someone or something is devoid of a quality or thing, you are emphasizing that they have none of it.
I have never looked on a face that was so devoid of feeling.
  • American English: devoid
  • Brazilian Portuguese: desprovido
  • Chinese: 全无的
  • European Spanish: carente
  • French: dépourvu
  • German: bar
  • Italian: privo
  • Japanese: 欠いている
  • Korean: ~이 결여된
  • European Portuguese: desprovido
  • Latin American Spanish: carente

Chinese translation of 'devoid'

devoid

(dɪˈvɔɪd)

adj

  1. devoid of sth (= lacking) 毫无(無)某物 (háo wú mǒuwù)
(adjective) 
Definition
completely lacking in a particular quality
I have never looked on a face so devoid of feeling.
Synonyms
lacking in
without
free from
wanting in
sans (archaic)
bereft of
empty of
deficient in
denuded of
barren of
void
His face was void of emotion as he left the room.
destitute

Additional synonyms

in the sense of void
Definition
devoid of or without
His face was void of emotion as he left the room.
Synonyms
devoid of,
without,
lacking,
free from,
wanting,
bereft of,
empty of,
bare of,
destitute of,
vacant of

Synonyms of 'devoid'

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