void

Definitions

1. adjective

   Containing nothing; empty; not occupied or filled.

   Examples

   • Today's youth's brains are sucked void of common sense.
   • I'll get me to a place more void.
   ≈vacant≈unfilled≈empty≈empty as a pauper's purse≈empty as the tomb on Easter +8 more
2. adjective

   Having no incumbent; unoccupied; said of offices etc.

   Example

   • divers great offices that had been long void
3. adjective

   Being without; destitute; devoid.

   Examples

   • Suppoſe they be in number infinit, Yet being voyd of Martiall diſcipline, All running headlong after greedie ſpoiles: […] Their careleſſe ſwords ſhal lanch their fellows throats And make vs triumph in their ouerthrow.
   • He that is void of wisdom despiseth his neighbor.
   ≈bereft of≈destitute of≈absent≈awanting≈bereft of +12 more
4. adjective

   Not producing any effect; ineffectual; vain.

   Examples

   • [My word] shall not return to me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please.
   • I will make void the counsel of Judah.
   ≈pointless≈useless≈bootless≈barren≈futile +20 more
5. adjective

   Of no legal force or effect, incapable of confirmation or ratification.

   Examples

   • null and void
   • Taiwan's government says that as the island has never been ruled by the People's Republic of China, its sovereignty claims are void.
6. adjective

   Containing no immaterial quality; destitute of mind or soul.

   Example

   • And senseless words she gave, and sounding strain, / But senseless, lifeless! idol void and vain!
7. adjective

   Of a function or method, that does not return a value; being a procedure rather than a function.

   Examples

   • In particular, the roll method is void - it has no return value.
   • The return value can safely be ignored if it is a void function.
8. adjective

   Having no cards in a particular suit.

9. noun

   An empty space; a vacuum.

   Examples

   • Nobody has crossed the void since one man died trying three hundred years ago; it's high time we had another go.
   • Pride, where Wit fails, steps in to our defence, / And fills up all the mighty void of Sense.
10. noun

    An extended region of space containing no galaxies.