bereft
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be·reft
(bĭ-rĕft') 
v.
A past tense and a past participle of bereave.
adj.
v.
A past tense and a past participle of bereave.
adj.
- Deprived of something: They are bereft of their dignity.
- Lacking something needed or expected: "Today's graduates seem keenly aware that the future is bereft of conventional expectations" (Bruce Weber).
- Suffering the death of a loved one; bereaved: the bereft parents.
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IN BRIEF: Not having something needed or wanted.
Alone for weeks in the mountains, he felt keenly bereft of human companionship.
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