devoid of something

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• devoid of — not having (something usual or expected) : completely without (something) He is devoid of (any) ambition. [=he has no ambition] The landscape seems to be completely devoid of life. • • • Main Entry: ↑devoid …   Useful english dictionary

• devoid — devoid, void, destitute are comparable when they are followed by of and mean showing entire want or lack. Devoid stresses the absence or the nonpossession of a particular quality, character, or tendency {I was not devoid of capacity or… …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

• devoid — [[t]dɪvɔ͟ɪd[/t]] ADJ GRADED: v link ADJ of n (emphasis) If you say that someone or something is devoid of a quality or thing, you are emphasizing that they have none of it. [FORMAL] I have never looked on a face that was so devoid of feeling...… …   English dictionary

• devoid — de|void [dıˈvɔıd] adj formal [Date: 1300 1400; : Old French; Origin: desvuidier to empty ] be devoid of sth to be completely lacking in something ▪ His face was devoid of any warmth or humour …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• devoid — de|void [ dı vɔıd ] adjective lacking something, especially a good quality: devoid of: Rob s face was devoid of any warmth …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• devoid — adjective be devoid of to be completely lacking in something: That man is totally devoid of all humour …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• devoid — UK [dɪˈvɔɪd] / US adjective lacking something, especially a good quality devoid of: Rob s face was devoid of any warmth …   English dictionary

• devoid — [dɪˈvɔɪd] adj devoid of sth lacking something, especially a good quality …   Dictionary for writing and speaking English

• ídel — 1. adj 1. empty; (1) of places, unoccupied, without inhabitants; (2) of persons, not having anything, empty handed; (a) in respect to material things; (b) in respect to non material things; (c) without food (fig.); (1a) empty, desolate, bare,… …   Old to modern English dictionary

• immune — [15] The mune of immune is the same as that of remunerate and of commune (and hence of common). It represents Latin mūnis ‘ready to give service’. The addition of the negative prefix in gave immūnis, which in classical Latin denoted literally… …   The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

• immune — [15] The mune of immune is the same as that of remunerate and of commune (and hence of common). It represents Latin mūnis ‘ready to give service’. The addition of the negative prefix in gave immūnis, which in classical Latin denoted literally… …   Word origins