devoid Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective satellite completely wanting or lacking
    barren; destitute; innocent; free.
    • writing barren of insight
    • young recruits destitute of experience
    • innocent of literary merit
    • the sentence was devoid of meaning

WordNet

De*void" transitive verb
Etymology
OE. devoiden to leave, OF. desvuidier, desvoidier, to empty out. See Void.
Definitions
  1. To empty out; to remove.
De*void" adjective
Etymology
See Devoid, v. t.
Definitions
  1. Void; empty; vacant. Obs. Spenser.
  2. Destitute; not in possession; -- with of; as, devoid of sense; devoid of pity or of pride.

Webster 1913