For those of you that aren't up on the meaning of devoid...
de·void 1. not possessing, untouched by, void, or destitute (usually fol. by of).
–verb (used with object) 2. to deplete or strip of some quality or substance: imprisonment that devoids a person of humanity.
—Synonyms 1. lacking, wanting, destitute, bereft, barren.
Now I wonder why I would have taken that comment as an insult?