devoid

(dĭ-void')
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).]

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meaning 'lacking', is followed by of and is predicative in position, i.e. it comes after the word it refers to, with a linking verb:

Many of the pieces for middle-aged women in Welsh drama are devoid of humour—Daily Post (Liverpool), 2007.

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adjective

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

adj

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

IN BRIEF: Without an expected quality.

The play was devoid of interest.

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• Occult States and Experiences - devoid: (adj) empty, blank, lacking sensibility

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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

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