bereft of
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: not having (something that is needed, wanted, or expected)
They appear to be completely bereft of new ideas.
a man bereft of reason
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None of these cuts left subscribers bereft of programming choices.
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Howard Homonoff, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
Key among players’ worries was that the Amazon series would be a gritty, boilerplate crime drama bereft of the tonal dissonance fans have come to love from the game’s wacky, melodramatic soap opera.
—Isaiah Colbert, Rolling Stone, 24 Oct. 2024
Compare that with Earth’s Moon, a body larger than Pluto that’s bereft of an atmosphere of any kind.
—Shi En Kim, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 Oct. 2024
Their absences left the second unit bereft of an organizer.
—Danny Emerman, The Mercury News, 15 Oct. 2024
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Howard Homonoff, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
Key among players’ worries was that the Amazon series would be a gritty, boilerplate crime drama bereft of the tonal dissonance fans have come to love from the game’s wacky, melodramatic soap opera.
—Isaiah Colbert, Rolling Stone, 24 Oct. 2024
Compare that with Earth’s Moon, a body larger than Pluto that’s bereft of an atmosphere of any kind.
—Shi En Kim, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 Oct. 2024
Their absences left the second unit bereft of an organizer.
—Danny Emerman, The Mercury News, 15 Oct. 2024
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“Bereft of.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bereft%20of. Accessed 1 Dec. 2024.
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