devoid

Completely without; having none of [with of]

Adjective

  1. Completely without; having none of [with of]
    • I went searching for a knife, but the kitchen was devoid of anything sharper than a spoon.
    • 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...

    Synonyms: empty vacant void naked

Origin

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

Derived

devoidness

Verb

  1. To empty out; to remove.
    • The child will devoid the garbage after he devours his sandwich.

Forms

devoids devoiding devoided