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as in void
utterly lacking in something needed, wanted, or expected
the so-called comedy is totally devoid of intelligence, originality, and even laughs
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as in empty
lacking contents that could or should be present
the picnic jug was completely devoid of juice after only a few minutes
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Recent Examples of devoid
That devoid ingredient hindered things exponentially.
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Roderick Boone, Charlotte Observer, 15 Feb. 2024
The restaurant’s menu is devoid not only of meat, cheese, eggs, caffeine, and sugar, but also of spicy and oily foods.
—Mary Holland, Robb Report, 27 Aug. 2023
The retail giants can see that healthcare is exorbitantly priced, uncoordinated, inconvenient and technologically devoid.
—Robert Pearl, Forbes, 27 Mar. 2023
Low and steady, devoid of emotion or singsongy nature…most of us don't even want our leaders to sound like that anymore!
—Emily Leibert, Glamour, 29 Mar. 2023
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Roderick Boone, Charlotte Observer, 15 Feb. 2024
The restaurant’s menu is devoid not only of meat, cheese, eggs, caffeine, and sugar, but also of spicy and oily foods.
—Mary Holland, Robb Report, 27 Aug. 2023
The retail giants can see that healthcare is exorbitantly priced, uncoordinated, inconvenient and technologically devoid.
—Robert Pearl, Forbes, 27 Mar. 2023
Low and steady, devoid of emotion or singsongy nature…most of us don't even want our leaders to sound like that anymore!
—Emily Leibert, Glamour, 29 Mar. 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for devoid
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Assuming Schoen continues his practice of not adding void years, the Giants could create $15.7 million in cap space with a max restructure of Burns’ contract, which runs through 2028.—
Dan Duggan,
New York Times,
21 May 2025
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Their current rotation is Zach Eflin, Dean Kremer, Cade Povich, Sugano, and the void Gibson left behind.—
Daniel R. Epstein,
Forbes.com,
18 May 2025
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American retailers cried foul and indicated Santa Claus’s sled would be empty.—
Bruce Yandle,
Boston Herald,
1 June 2025
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Those who depend on the river are already dealing with uncertainty: this season’s mountain snowpack is expected to deliver about half the median amount of water to the system’s two major reservoirs, which are already two-thirds empty.—
Elise Schmelzer,
Denver Post,
31 May 2025
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The festival was deliberately planned for the barren weeks in June after college students left and before the summer concert and festival season kicked in.—
Christopher Arnott,
Hartford Courant,
25 May 2025
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The Bureau’s new research station on Hawaii’s Mauna Loa volcano, with its high altitude and barren landscape, would prove to be the ideal collection spot.—
Ashley Braun,
Smithsonian Magazine,
19 May 2025
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“Devoid.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/devoid. Accessed 4 Jun. 2025.
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