Vocabulary
Devoid
English and Urdu gloss, synonyms and antonyms, and example usage from our editorial sentence cache where available.
English meaning
entirely lacking or free from.
Urdu meaning
کھوکھلا، خالی، محروم
Example sentences (from Dawn)
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- The experience of sacredness may be subjective; what seems to be a `sacred` thing, or object or a place or time may appear to others as normal, devoid of any such thing.
- Words devoid of actions reflect division and weakness within the Muslim world.
- The policy speaks of including AI in public school curricula, but thousands ofschools across the country are devoid of functional computer labs.
- The cost will not only be paid by victims of blasphemy allegations but by society at large, producing a stunted generation, devoid of critical thought and locked in a cycle of moral panic.
- Investing in rural development can prevent villages from becoming disorderly pockets of pollution, waste and destitution, often devoid of basic facilities.
Synonyms
lacking, free from/of, without, empty of, void of, vacant of, bare of, bereft of, barren of
Antonyms
furnished, supplied, provided
Curator example
“Kiran kept her voice devoid of emotion”
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