DEVOID

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does devoid mean? 

• DEVOID (adjective)
  The adjective DEVOID has 1 sense:

1. completely wanting or lacking

  Familiarity information: DEVOID used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DEVOID (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Completely wanting or lacking

Synonyms:

barren; destitute; devoid; free; innocent

Context example:

the sentence was devoid of meaning

Similar:

nonexistent (not having existence or being or actuality)

 Context examples 

A racemic mixture and selective beta-1 adrenergic receptor antagonist with antihypertensive and anti-glaucoma activities and devoid of intrinsic sympathomimetic activity.

(Betaxolol, NCI Thesaurus)

You thought me then devoid of every proper feeling, I am sure you did.

(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)

The AT hook motif has a narrow DNA recognition surface that is devoid of hydrophobic amino acids and that does not significantly distort the B-form DNA structure.

(AT Hook Motif, NCI Thesaurus)

However, scientists in the newly published study say they realize there is another major source of ice melt, in the country's southwest region, which is mostly devoid of large glaciers.

(Study: Greenland's Ice Melting Faster than Previously Thought, VOA)

A long acting thiazide-like diuretic of the sulfamoylbenzamide class and is devoid of the benzothiadiazine structure.

(Chlorthalidone, NCI Thesaurus)

A synthetic, terpene-based cannabinoid derivative devoid of cannabinoid receptors 1 and 2 agonist activity and with potential neuroprotective, antiinflammatory and antineoplastic activities.

(Dexanabinol, NCI Thesaurus)

The hydrochloride salt form of levobetaxolol, the S-isomer of the -selective beta-1 adrenergic receptor antagonist betaxolol with anti-glaucoma activity and devoid of intrinsic sympathomimetic activity.

(Levobetaxolol Hydrochloride, NCI Thesaurus)

It has cost me two years, Watson, but they have not been devoid of excitement.

(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

The S-isomer of betaxolol, a selective beta-1 adrenergic receptor antagonist with anti-glaucoma activity and devoid of intrinsic sympathomimetic activity.

(Levobetaxolol, NCI Thesaurus)

Endothelin B receptor agonist SPI-1620 binds to endothelin-B receptors on endothelial cells in tumor blood vessels, which, unlike the angioarchitecture of normal blood vessels, are relatively devoid of smooth muscle.

(Endothelin B Receptor Agonist SPI-1620, NCI Thesaurus)