the so-called comedy is totally devoid of intelligence, originality, and even laughs the picnic jug was completely devoid of juice after only a few minutes
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Word History
Etymology
Middle English, past participle of devoiden to dispel, from Anglo-French *desvoider, from des- dis- + voider to empty — more at void entry 3
devoid ofVERBS | ADVERBVERBS➤appear, be, seem顯得缺乏;缺乏;似乎缺乏▸➤become開始缺乏▸➤remain仍然缺乏ADVERB➤completely, entirely, quite, totally, utterly完全沒有◇Are you totally devoid of common sense?你完全沒有常識嗎?➤almost, largely, nearly, practically, virtually幾乎/很大程度上/近乎/實際上/簡直可以說沒有◇The land is almost devoid of vegetation.這片土地幾乎全無植被。