Originally Posted by
Ygduf
bolded the first obviously incorrectly used word I came across.
bereft is negative. Deprived of.
Deprived is also negative. Means lacking necessities.
So you bought a book that is lacking necessary advertisements and paid results. I guess.
That only makes sense to me. He doesn't want ads. The book lacks ads. How is this usage incorrect?
Originally Posted by
miyata man
I'm not amazed you are trying to argue against, wait for it because this time it really is a good one, a dictionary. In doing so you aptly described the problem with looking up the word in question online.
Not sure how the internet loses in this case. I found the definition with no solicitations for payment and exactly zero advertisements from this google search.
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