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devoid

/dɪˈvɔɪd/

devoid adjective: completely without; having none of.

Adjective

devoid (not comparable)

  1. Completely without; having none of
    • I went searching for a knife, but the kitchen was devoid of anything sharper than a spoon.
    • The shed, a steel-framed structure with a single-span roof devoid of intermediate support, is exceptionally well-lit by continuous glazing on the roof and along much of the sides, while there is fluorescent roof lighting for night work.1960 July, “New Eastern Region diesel depot at Finsbury Park”, in Trains Illustrated, pages 422–423
    Synonyms:
    empty, vacant, void, naked

Verb

devoid (third-person singular simple present devoids, present participle devoiding, simple past and past participle devoided)

  1. (obsolete) To empty out; to remove.
    • The child will devoid the garbage after he devours his sandwich.

devoid meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Bengali and Malayalam

devoid in Tamil

ஏதுமற்ற, சிறிதுமிலாத, சிறிதும் இல்லாத, முற்றிலும் ஒழிந்த, முற்றும் ஒழிந்த

devoid in Urdu

devoid
خالی xālī

devoid in Bengali

বর্জিত, শূন্য, কোনো কিছু ছাড়াই থাকা

devoid in Malayalam

empty, completely without
ഒഴിവാക്കി oḻivākki
More languagesFewer languages
devoid in Kannada
ಇಲ್ಲದ, ಟೊಳ್ಳು, ಟೊಳ್ಳೆ, ಡೊಳ್ಳು
devoid in Sanskrit
रिक्त riktá
devoid in Arabic
خَالِي ḵālī, فَارِغ fāriḡ
devoid in Persian
فاقد fâqed

Examples of devoid in a sentence

  • This expression is utterly devoid of meaning, a mere flatus vocis.
  • The learned weights of a neural network are often considered devoid of scrutable internal structure.
  • The New Testament is, in the main, devoid of Atticistic traits.

All 40 example sentences with devoid

Synonyms of devoid

Forms of devoid

third-person singular presentdevoids
present participledevoiding
past participledevoided
pastdevoided

Origin of devoid

From obsolete Middle English verb devoiden, from Old French desvuidier (“to empty out”) (compare French dévider).

Words formed from devoid

Words that rhyme with devoid

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Questions about devoid

What does devoid mean?
Devoid means completely without; having none of.
What is devoid in Tamil?
Devoid in Tamil is ஏதுமற்ற, சிறிதுமிலாத, சிறிதும் இல்லாத. See Devoid meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is devoid?
Devoid can be an adjective or a verb.
How do you pronounce devoid?
Devoid is pronounced /dɪˈvɔɪd/.

Words near devoid in the dictionary

  1. devoice
  2. devoiced
  3. devoices
  4. devoicing
  5. devoicings
  6. devoid
  7. devoided
  8. devoiding
  9. devoidness
  10. devoids
  11. devoir

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: devoid (page history and authors); devoid (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); خالی (Urdu) (page history and authors); Devoid (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); devoid (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); रिक्त (Sanskrit) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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