Devoid and Waste

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Devoid adjective - Utterly lacking in something needed, wanted, or expected.

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Waste and devoid are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Waste" instead an adjective "Devoid".

Waste adjective - Producing inferior or only a small amount of vegetation.

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Devoid and waste are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Devoid" instead an adjective "Waste".

Parodied in the Monty Python's Flying Circus "Cheese Shop" sketch where John Cleese's character shoots the shop proprietor (Michael Palin) after learning the place is completely devoid of cheese, then comments, "What a senseless waste of human life."

Source: What a Senseless Waste of Human Life
Possibly Australia is devoid of delicious Sakuradite, or possibly the three superpowers were disinclined to waste Knightmares on a costly boondoggle for what basically amounts to "murderous desert, with the occasional arable land".

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What a Senseless Waste of Human Life: Invoked by John Cleese's character in the "Cheese Shop" sketch after he shoots the shopkeeper of a cheese shop, because he just found out that the shop is completely devoid of cheese after five minutes of questioning the shopkeeper.

Source: Series / Monty Python's Flying Circus

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