devoid

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɪˈvɔɪd/

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• Rhymes: -ɔɪd

Adjective

devoid (not comparable)

1. Completely without; having none of.

   Synonyms: empty, vacant

   I went searching for a knife, but the kitchen was devoid of anything sharper than a spoon.

   • 1960 July, “New Eastern Region diesel depot at Finsbury Park”, in Trains Illustrated, pages 422–423:

     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.

Derived terms

• devoidness

Translations

empty, completely without

• Arabic: خَالِي (ḵālī), فَارِغ (fāriḡ)
• Armenian: զուրկ (hy) (zurk)
• Bulgarian: празен (bg) (prazen), лишен от (lišen ot)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 空的

• Czech: postrádající (cs), nemající (cs)
• Danish: blottet (for)
• Dutch: verstoken zijn van
• Finnish: ei mitään (+ partitive; "devoid of sthg")
• French: dépourvu (fr)
• Georgian: რამეს მოკლებული (rames moḳlebuli), რამისგან დაცლილი (ramisgan daclili)
• German: frei (von) adj.: leer
• Gothic: 𐌻𐌰𐌿𐍃 (laus)
• Hebrew: נעדר (he) (ne'edár), חסר (he) (khasár)
• Italian: privo (it), senza (it)
• Malayalam: ഒഴിവാക്കി (oḻivākki)
• Persian: فاقد (fa) (fâqed)
• Polish: pozbawiony
• Portuguese: destituído (pt), desprovido (pt)
• Romanian: golit (ro), fără de conținut
• Russian: пусто́й (ru) (pustój), поро́жний (ru) (poróžnij)
• Spanish: vacío (es), desprovisto (es), carente (es)

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.

Anagrams

• voddie, voided