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Devoid Definition & Meaning

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

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What does devoid mean?
completely wanting or lacking; "writing barren of insight"; "young recruits destitute of experience"; "innocent of literary merit"; "the sentence was devoid of meaning"
What part of speech is devoid?
Devoid is an adjective.

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