devoid of
idiom
: 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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The film was shot as the planet experienced an extreme marine heatwave and shows the effects of the resulting mass coral bleaching: expansive graveyards of bright white coral, devoid of sea life.
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Nell Lewis, CNN Money, 8 May 2025
Piastri’s dominant performance didn’t mean the grand prix was devoid of excitement, though.
—Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 8 May 2025
To conclude her investigation, Cynthia has a one-on-one with Porsha, which, as anyone could predict, is devoid of any accountability.
—Ile-Ife Okantah, Vulture, 5 May 2025
In the mid-1950s Austrian Sissi trilogy, which used an alternative spelling of the nickname Sisi, actress Romy Schneider played Elisabeth as a knowing yet delicate youth who was thrust into a position of power at a young age, then managed to lead a life devoid of any real complications.
—Elizabeth Djinis, Smithsonian Magazine, 28 Apr. 2025
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Nell Lewis, CNN Money, 8 May 2025
Piastri’s dominant performance didn’t mean the grand prix was devoid of excitement, though.
—Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 8 May 2025
To conclude her investigation, Cynthia has a one-on-one with Porsha, which, as anyone could predict, is devoid of any accountability.
—Ile-Ife Okantah, Vulture, 5 May 2025
In the mid-1950s Austrian Sissi trilogy, which used an alternative spelling of the nickname Sisi, actress Romy Schneider played Elisabeth as a knowing yet delicate youth who was thrust into a position of power at a young age, then managed to lead a life devoid of any real complications.
—Elizabeth Djinis, Smithsonian Magazine, 28 Apr. 2025
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“Devoid of.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/devoid%20of. Accessed 11 May. 2025.
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