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🇵🇹Portuguese Source WordCode: PT

Desprovido

Pronunciation / Transliteration: des-pro-vee-doo

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Devoid/dɪˈvɔɪd/
adjectiveCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #4500 frequency
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🇵🇹 Example Sentence in Portuguese:

"A paisagem estava desprovida de vegetação."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As adjective
  1. 1

    Completely lacking or empty of something.

    "The landscape was devoid of any vegetation, presenting a stark and barren view."
  2. 2

    Free from a particular quality or characteristic.

    "Her expression was devoid of emotion, making it hard to read her thoughts."
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Synonyms (3)
Antonyms & Contrasting Words (1)

Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Old French verb 'devuier', meaning to turn aside or deviate, rooted in Latin 'devidare'. By the late 14th century, the meaning shifted in Middle English to imply being empty, clear, or free from something undesirable.

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