25,000 people die every day due to starvation.
4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:

Devoid \De*void"\, verb (used with an object) [OE. devoiden to leave, OF. desvuidier, desvoidier, to empty out. See {Void}.] To empty out; to remove.

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:

Devoid \De*void"\, adjective [See {Devoid}, verb (used with an object)]

1. Void; empty; vacant. [Obs.] --Spenser.

2. Destitute; not in possession; -- with of; as, devoid of sense; devoid of pity or of pride. ||

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

devoid

adjective: completely lacking

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

56 Moby Thesaurus words for "devoid": bankrupt in, bare, bare of, barren, bereft of, bland, blank, bleached, characterless, clear, deficient, denuded of, deprived of, destitute, destitute of, devoid of, empty, empty of, existless, featureless, for want of, forlorn of, hollow, in default of, in want of, inane, innocent, insipid, lacking, minus, missing, needing, negative, nonexistent, null, null and void, out of, out of pocket, scant of, short, short of, shy, shy of, unblessed with, unexisting, unpossessed of, unrelieved, vacant, vacuous, void, void of, wanting, white, with nothing inside, without being, without content

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