Meaning & use
devoid
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completely lacking or free from a particular quality or thing.
See it in a sentence
The desert landscape seemed devoid of any life.
His apology felt devoid of any real sincerity.
A note on using this word
Always followed by 'of' and used for a total, not partial, absence of something.
Words with a similar meaning
lackingvoid
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Words with an opposite meaning
fullreplete
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