Answers.com

devoid

 
Dictionary: de·void   (dĭ-void') pronunciation
 
adj.

Completely lacking; destitute or empty: a novel devoid of wit and inventiveness.

[Middle English, past participle of devoiden, to remove, eliminate, from Old French desvoidier : des-, de- + voidier, to empty (from voide, empty; see void).]


Search unanswered questions...
Enter a word or phrase...
All Community Q&A Reference topics
 
Thesaurus: devoid
Top

adjective

    Not having a desirable element: barren, destitute, empty, innocent, lacking, void, wanting. Idioms: in want of. See full/empty/capacity.

 
Antonyms: devoid
Top

adj

Definition: empty, wanting
Antonyms: complete, filled, full


 
Word Tutor: devoid
Top
pronunciation

IN BRIEF: Without an expected quality.

pronunciation The play was devoid of interest.

 
Translations: Devoid
Top

Dansk (Danish)
adj. - blottet for

idioms:

  • devoid of    aldeles uden

Nederlands (Dutch)
verstoken, vrij van

Français (French)
adj. - sans, dépourvu

idioms:

  • devoid of    sans, dépourvu de, dénué de, exempt de

Deutsch (German)
adj. - ohne, bar, frei

idioms:

  • devoid of    ohne, bar

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - στερημένος, στερούμενος

idioms:

  • devoid of    στερούμενος, χωρίς

Italiano (Italian)
idioms:

  • devoid of    privo di

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - desprovido, isento, livre

idioms:

  • devoid of    livre de

Русский (Russian)
лишенный

idioms:

  • devoid of    лишенный чего-либо

Español (Spanish)
adj. - desprovisto, sin

idioms:

  • devoid of    desprovisto de, sin

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - saknande, utan

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
全无的, 缺乏的

idioms:

  • devoid of    缺乏

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 全無的, 缺乏的

idioms:

  • devoid of    缺乏

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 결핍된

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - ない, 欠けている

idioms:

  • devoid of    欠けている

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) مجرد, خال‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮ריק, נעדר-, חסר‬


 
 
Learn More
fysigunkus
selfish
fraught

Post a question - any question - to the WikiAnswers community:

 

Copyrights:

Dictionary. The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition Copyright © 2007, 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Updated in 2007. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.  Read more
Thesaurus. Roget's II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition by the Editors of the American Heritage® Dictionary Copyright © 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.  Read more
Answers Corporation Antonyms. © 1999-2009 by Answers Corporation. All rights reserved.  Read more
Word Tutor. Copyright © 2004-present by eSpindle Learning, a 501(c) nonprofit organization. All rights reserved.
eSpindle provides personalized spelling and vocabulary tutoring online; free trial Read more
Translations. Copyright © 2007, WizCom Technologies Ltd. All rights reserved.  Read more