how to pronounce devoid

/dɪˈvɔɪd/

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devoid is pronounced in two syllables

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An example use of devoid in a speech by a native speaker of british english:

“… of a stone city devoid of greenery the …”

meanings of devoid

adjective:

Empty; having none of; completely without.

verb:

To empty out; to remove.

devoid frequency in english - C2 level of CEFR

the word devoid occurs in english on average 4.1 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics devoid can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that devoid can be often used in the following areas:

1) communication, information, and media;