English-Danish translations for devoid

• tom
  Den anden bemærkning lyder som følger: Hvis det omhandlede begreb udelades, vil borgerne ikke tro på den europæiske sociale model. De vil opleve den som tom tale. If the concept of public services is not present, our citizens will stop believing in a European social model and see it as devoid of sense.
  - Hr. formand, hr. kommissær, kære kolleger, jeg ville bare sige, at det virker, som om vi efterhånden beskæftiger os med en tom skal. Mr President, Mr Mandelson, ladies and gentlemen, I would just like to say that I have the impression that this measure is now devoid of substance.

Definition of devoid

• empty; having none of; completely without
• To empty out; to remove

Examples

• I went searching for a knife, but the kitchen was devoid of anything sharper than a spoon
• The child will devoid the garbage after he devours his sandwich.

Related words

• devoice
• devoiced
• devoid of
• final devoicing
• terminal devoicing
• final obstruent devoicing