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Devoid

To empty out; to remove.

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Nonexistent 84% connected

Not having existence.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

Open English WordNet links these adjective senses as similar in meaning; they are not necessarily interchangeable.

Nonexistent 84% connected

Not having existence.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

Open English WordNet links these adjective senses as similar in meaning; they are not necessarily interchangeable.

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Barren 92% connected

Incapable of producing offspring; producing no young; sterile; -- said of women and female animals.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Destitute 92% connected

Forsaken; not having in possession (something necessary, or desirable); deficient; lacking; devoid; -- often followed by of.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Free 92% connected

Exempt from subjection to the will of others; not under restraint, control, or compulsion; able to follow one's own impulses, desires, or inclination…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Innocent 92% connected

Not harmful; free from that which can injure; innoxious; innocuous; harmless; as, an innocent medicine or remedy.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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