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void

  • adjective
  • /vɔɪd/

containing nothing; empty; not occupied or filled.

Example

“Today's youth's brains are sucked void of common sense.”

Other meanings

  1. Having no incumbent; unoccupied; said of offices etc.

  2. Being without; destitute; devoid.

Example sentences

  • “The separation left a void in his life.”

    Tatoeba · Igider · CC0

Word history

From Latin "vacuus".

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “void” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.