devoid of
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: not having (something usual or expected) : completely without (something)
He is devoid of (any) ambition.
The landscape seems to be completely devoid of life.
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Nor has Joe Schoen’s tenure been devoid of player evaluation successes, from Malik Nabers and Tyrone Tracy Jr. in the 2024 draft, the team’s likely top wideout and top running back, respectively, of the future.
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Howard Megdal, Forbes, 7 Jan. 2025
Survival of the concentration camps, too, is an ordeal affixed to the pair like an identifying sticker, devoid of any subjectivity and specificity, never to be discussed by them.
—Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 3 Jan. 2025
The company believes that rice, devoid of the water that fills standard grapes, will offer a lighter and more practical alternative when making the perilous journey from Earth to the Moon.
—Luke Chinman, People.com, 18 Dec. 2024
The area around the supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way — called Sagittarius A* — appears to be devoid of planets and some kinds of stars.
—Jamie Carter, Forbes, 17 Dec. 2024
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Howard Megdal, Forbes, 7 Jan. 2025
Survival of the concentration camps, too, is an ordeal affixed to the pair like an identifying sticker, devoid of any subjectivity and specificity, never to be discussed by them.
—Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 3 Jan. 2025
The company believes that rice, devoid of the water that fills standard grapes, will offer a lighter and more practical alternative when making the perilous journey from Earth to the Moon.
—Luke Chinman, People.com, 18 Dec. 2024
The area around the supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way — called Sagittarius A* — appears to be devoid of planets and some kinds of stars.
—Jamie Carter, Forbes, 17 Dec. 2024
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“Devoid of.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/devoid%20of. Accessed 21 Jan. 2025.
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