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Left without something needed or valued, often through loss.

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bereft

The final chapter seemed bereft of the humor that enlivened the opening.
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Bereft of her former colleagues, the remaining mapmaker struggled to find anyone who remembered the small rituals of their working days.
From Loss, Decline, and Recovery.
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