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devoid
OXFORD DICTIONARY
devoid, predic.adj. (foll. by of) quite lacking or free from (a book devoid of all interest).
Etymology
ME, past part. of obs. devoid f. OF devoidier (as DE-, VOID)
THESAURUS
devoid
bankrupt in, bare, bare of, barren, bereft of, bland, blank, bleached, characterless, clear, deficient, denuded of, deprived of, destitute, destitute of, devoid of, empty, empty of, existless, featureless, for want of, forlorn of, hollow, in default of, in want of, inane, innocent, insipid, lacking, minus, missing, needing, negative, nonexistent, null, null and void, out of, out of pocket, scant of, short, short of, shy, shy of, unblessed with, unexisting, unpossessed of, unrelieved, vacant, vacuous, void, void of, wanting, white, with nothing inside, without being, without contentROGET THESAURUS
devoid
Absence
N absence, inexistence, nonresidence, absenteeism, nonattendance, alibi, emptiness, void, vacuum, vacuity, vacancy, tabula rasa, exemption, hiatus, lipotype, truant, absentee, nobody, nobody present, nobody on earth, not a soul, ame qui vive, absent, not present, away, nonresident, gone, from home, missing, lost, wanting, omitted, nowhere to be found, inexistence, empty, void, vacant, vacuous, untenanted, unoccupied, uninhabited, tenantless, barren, sterile, desert, deserted, devoid, uninhabitable, without, minus, nowhere, elsewhere, neither here nor there, in default of, sans, behind one's back, the bird has flown, non est inventus, absence makes the heart grow fonder, absent in body but present in spirit, absento nemo ne nocuisse velit, Achilles absent was Achilles still, aux absents les os, briller par son absence, conspicuous by his absence, in the hope to meet shortly again and make our abs.For further exploring for "devoid" in Webster Dictionary Online