devoid of

phrase

: not having (something usual or expected) : completely without (something)

He is devoid of (any) ambition.

The landscape seems to be completely devoid of life.

Examples of devoid of in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

These surprisingly cheesy lines are not always devoid of irony. — Becca Rothfeld, New Yorker, 16 Aug. 2026

Not only is this replacement for the rather ramshackle Manor Ground and its multitude of different stands totally devoid of character and located on an anonymous retail park, miles from the city centre. — Richard Sutcliffe, New York Times, 13 Aug. 2026

Original brick walls and soaring warehouse windows meet contemporary metal fixtures that just so happen to be trendy, but are not entirely devoid of the past. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 13 Aug. 2026

If the early universe obeyed this rule, our modern cosmos would be devoid of substance, just energy fields rippling eternally through emptiness. — Joseph Howlett, Scientific American, 13 Aug. 2026

Rhymes for devoid of

• above
• foxglove
• hereof
• thereof
• whereof
• dove
• glove
• love
• shove
• hereinabove