Nor does she seem devoid of old-fashioned common sense.
Many feel Long Run's very best days are behind him and they may be right; certainly, he has been devoid of his old sparkle so far this season.
Even Harry's first date with a female wizard was "unbelievably limp," Byatt sniffed, devoid of any good old-fashioned psychosexual oomph.
THE grand houses of Fieldston — about 260, all single-family — are mostly generations old, devoid of the uniformity in other parts of the city and in suburban subdivisions.
Sports journalists have hailed Sherman's posture as refreshing and bold and distinctly devoid of the cliche-ridden same-old, same-old.
Barbados is a densely populated island nearly devoid of primary forests (pristine old-growth woodlands).
Sullen and seemingly devoid of emotion, five-year-old Tommy is a veteran of the foster care system, having already passed through twelve foster homes that have left him a wild, unmanageable child.
The famous title character is reduced to a one-dimensional, posey old fool, devoid of nobility or vision.
The Moon hangs above us like a dusty old rock, devoid of life, pock-marked by craters.
Animals analysed in the present study will be referred to as postnatal when a typical EGL is present in the cerebellum (from birth to 5 weeks of life), peripuberal when a SPL is detectable on the cerebellar surface (from 2 to 5 months), and adult (1 3 years old rabbits, devoid of cerebellar SPL).
The whole thing might plausibly be dismissed as just a bit of fun if it were even a little bit of fun, but directly following a reality TV blockbuster such as The X Factor, Take Me Out looks pitifully old-fashioned, devoid of consequence and unconvinced by its own premise.
