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Void Of

Definition: Void Of

Void Of

Adjective

1. Completely wanting or lacking; "writing barren of insight"; "young recruits destitute of experience"; "a novel devoid of wit and inventiveness"; "a life empty of happiness"; "innocent of literary merit"; "void of understanding".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Synonyms: Void Of

Synonyms: barren of(p) (adj), destitute of(p) (adj), devoid of(p) (adj), empty of(p) (adj), innocent of(p) (adj), void of(p) (adj). (additional references)

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Synonyms within Context: Void Of

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Absence or want of Intellect

Adjective: unendowed with reason, void of reason; thoughtless; vegetative; moronic, idiotic, brainless.

Belief

Confiding, suspectless; unsuspecting, unsuspicious; void of suspicion; credulous; wedded to.

Insipidity

Adjective: bland, void of taste; insipid; tasteless, gustless, savorless; ingustible, mawkish, milk and water, weak, stale, flat, vapid, fade, wishy-washy, mild; untasted.

Unmeaningness

Adjective: unmeaning; meaningless, senseless; nonsensical; void of sense.

Untruth

Adjective: untrue, false, phony, trumped up; void of foundation, without-foundation; fictive, far from the truth, false as dicer's oaths; unfounded, ben trovato, invented, fabulous, fabricated, forged; fictitious, factitious, supposititious, surreptitious; elusory, illusory; ironical; soi-disant; (misnamed).

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: Void Of

English words defined with "void of": Actionless, Apatheticalblank, blanknesscancellationDefeasance, Defeasanced, Delightless, Disannul, dischargeempty, expiredHomologationImportless, Incompassionate, Inunderstanding, IrritancynullificationoverridePrecontractRight of nullificationSimple obligation, Stamp actThickskin, To renounce probatevacant, Vacant succession, vacation, Voided, VoidnessWhite line. (references)
Specialty definitions using "void of": absolute vacuum, Aching Void, air deckingBank Storage, BOTTLE-HEADED, Broken StowageCapillary Fringe, Caskdense graded aggregate, dummy locatorevacuated powderFive-minute Clause, FREEMASONSPower coefficient of reactivitySans Souci, SCOUNDREL, shrinkage cavity, sonic pile driver, STRIPPING-SHOVEL OPERATORU'rim, Urination Disordersvertical crater retreat, void ratio. (references)
Etymologies containing "void of": Importless, Inunderstandingvacant. (references)

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Commercial Usage: Void Of

DomainTitle

Books

  • On the Void of to Be: Incoherence and Trope in Finnegans Wake (reference)

    (more book examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Familiar Quotations: Void Of

AuthorQuotation

Dante Alighieri

I came into a place void of all light, which bellows like the sea in tempest, when it is combated by warring winds.

Sallust

All who consult on doubtful matters, should be void of hatred, friendship, anger, and pity.

Seneca

Nothing is void of God, his work is everywhere his full of himself.

Voltaire

Chance is a word void of sense; nothing can exist without a cause.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Historic Usage: Void Of

AuthorDateQuotation

John Locke

1690

If men were so void of reason, and brutish, as to enter into society upon such terms, prerogative might indeed be, what some men would have it, an arbitrary power to do things hurtful to the people. (Second Treatise of Government)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Non-Fiction Usage: Void Of

SubjectTopicQuote

Economic History

Jordan

Investment and commercial laws are void of any trade-restrictive investment measures and have generally been in compliance with TRIMS. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Expressions: Void Of

Expressions using "void of": void of common sense void of sense void of suspicion. Additional references.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Void Of

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

  void of course

8
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: Void Of

Language Translations for "void of"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Arabic 

  

‏خلو من (destitute of, devoid of). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

tyhjä jostakin (empty of). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

nincs vmije (to be out of sg, to be void of sg), nélkülöz vmit (to be void of sg, to dispense with sg), hiányzik vmije (to be out of sg, to be void of sg). (various references)

   

Indonesian

  

gagu (dumb, empty minded, mute, void of ideas). (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

宇宙空" (the void of space). (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

うちゅうくうか" (the void of space). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

oidvay ofay

   

Romanian

  

lipsit de (bare, destitute of, devoid of, poor in, without smth.). (various references)

   

Turkish

  

yoksun (bankrupt in, bereft, destitute, devoid of, empty, innocent of, out of, shorn, shorn of, unprovided, wanting), -siz (devoid of, ex, guiltless, in-, innocent of, lacking, non-, out of, sans, sine, un-, wanting, with no, without), -sız (devoid of, ex, in-, innocent of, sine, wanting, with no, without). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Ancestral Language Translations: Void Of

LanguagePeriodTranslations
Latin500 BCE-Modern

liber, libera, liberae, liberam, liberas, liberi, liberis, libero, liberorum, liberos, liberum. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Bible Trace: Void Of

LanguageDateSourceProverbs Chapter 24, Verse 30
Greek (transliterated)250 BCSeptuagintWsper gewrgion anhr afrwn kai wsper ampelwn anqrwpoV endehV frenwn
Latin405VulgatePer agrum hominis pigri transivi et per vineam viri stulti
Middle English1395WyclifBi the feld of the slowe man I passede, and bi the vyne of the fool man; and lo!
Jacobean English1611King JamesI went by the field of the slothful, and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding;
Victorian English1833WebsterI went by the field of the slothful, and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding;
Basic English1964OgdenI went by the field of the hater of work, and by the vine-garden of the man without sense;

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Matched Bible Translations: Void Of

LanguageProverbs Chapter 24, Verse 30
Cebuano¶ Ako miagi duol sa uma sa tapulan, Ug sa kaparrasan sa tawo nga walay salabutan;
Chinese我 " 過 懶 惰 人 的 " 地 、 無 知 人 的 葡 萄 ' .
CroatianProlazio sam mimo polje nekog lijenèine i mimo vinograd nekog luðaka,
DanishJeg kom forbi en lad Mands Mark og et uforstandigt Menneskes Vingård;
DutchIk ging voorbij den akker eens luiaards, en voorbij den wijngaard van een verstandeloos mens;
FinnishMinä kuljin laiskurin pellon ohitse, mielettömän miehen viinitarhan vieritse.
FrenchJ`ai passé près du champ d`un paresseux, Et près de la vigne d`un homme dépourvu de sens.
GermanIch ging am Acker des Faulen vorüber und am Weinberg des Narren;
HungarianA rest embernek mezejénél elmenék, és az esztelennek szõleje mellett.
Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hariPernah aku melalui ladang dan kebun anggur seorang pemalas yang bodoh.
Indonesian-Terjemahan LamaPada sekali peristiwa berjalanlah aku lalu dari pada bendang seorang pemalas, dan dari pada kebun anggur orang yang tiada berakal.
ItalianSono passato vicino al campo di un pigro, alla vigna di un uomo insensato:
Maori¶ I haere ahau i te taha o te mara a te mangere, i te taha hoki o te mara waina a te tangata kahore ona mahara;
NorwegianJeg kom gående forbi en lat manns mark, et uforstandig menneskes vingård,
PortuguesePassei junto ao campo do preguiçoso, e junto vinha do homem falto de entendimento;   
RumanianAm trecut pe lkngq ogorul unui lenew, wi pe lkngq via unui om fqrq minte.
RussianрТПИП"ЙМ С НЙНП ПМС ЮЕМПЧЕЛБ МЕОЙЧПЗП Й НЙНП ЧЙОПЗТБ"ОЙЛБ ЮЕМПЧЕЛБ УЛХ"ПХНОПЗП:
SpanishPasé junto al campo de un hombre perezoso y junto a la viña de un hombre falto de entendimiento.
SwedishJag gick förbi en lat mans åker, en oförståndig människas vingård.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Anagrams: Void Of

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "d-f-i-o-o-v"

-1 letter: ovoid.

-2 letters: fido, food, void.

-3 letters: fid.

-4 letters: do, id, if, od, of.

 Words containing the letters "d-f-i-o-o-v"
 

+3 letters: flavonoid.

 

+4 letters: flavonoids.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Void Of


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

56 6F 69 64      4F 66

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

    

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01010110 01101111 01101001 01100100 00100000 01001111 01100110

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#86 &#111 &#105 &#100 &#32 &#79 &#102

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0056 006F 0069 0064      004F 0066

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

5681757024972

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Commercial
5. Quotations: Familiar
6. Quotations: Historic
7. Quotations: Non-fiction
8. Expressions
9. Expressions: Internet
10. Translations: Modern
11. Translations: Ancient
12. Bible Trace
13. Anagrams
14. Orthography
15. Bibliography


  

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