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bereft

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PRONUNCIATION:

(bi-REFT)

MEANING:

adjective: Deprived of or lacking.

ETYMOLOGY:

Past participle of bereave (to deprive), from Old English bereafian (to rob someone of something). Earliest documented use: 1531.

USAGE:

“Too many voters today are easily conned, deeply biased, impervious to fact, and bereft of survival instincts. Contrary to myth, frogs leap out of heating pots. Stampeding cattle stop at a cliff edge. Lemmings don’t really commit mass suicide. We’ll find out about Americans in 2024.”
Mort Rosenblum; Deadly Hot Air; The Mort Report; Feb 10, 2023.

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