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abandoned
[ uh-ban-duhnd ]
adjective
- forsaken or deserted:
an abandoned building; an abandoned kitten.
- unrestrained or uncontrolled; uninhibited:
She danced with abandoned enthusiasm.
- utterly lacking in moral restraints; shameless; wicked:
an abandoned and dissolute ruler.
abandoned
/ əˈæԻəԻ /
adjective
- deserted
an abandoned windmill
- forsaken
an abandoned child
- unrestrained; uninhibited
wild, abandoned dancing
- depraved; profligate
Other Word Forms
- ·dDzԱ· adverb
- -·dDzԱ adjective
- ܲa·dDzԱ adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of abandoned1
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
Visit the embattled Kennedy Center post-Trump purge, and the place can feel abandoned.
At this point, what started as a throwaway joke has grown into something vaguely earnest — too big to fail and too enmeshed in the neighborhood to be abandoned in good conscience.
While Henry tries to resist the dark forces running riot inside him, Patty obsesses about finding the mother who abandoned her, or so she’s been led to believe.
This, if true, had abandoned them to the death squads.
Red Bull team principal Christian Horner said he felt the penalty was "very harsh" and asked rhetorically: "ever happened to 'let them race on the first lap?' That just seems to have been abandoned."
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