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abandoned

[ uh-ban-duhnd ]

adjective

  1. forsaken or deserted:

    an abandoned building; an abandoned kitten.

  2. unrestrained or uncontrolled; uninhibited:

    She danced with abandoned enthusiasm.

  3. utterly lacking in moral restraints; shameless; wicked:

    an abandoned and dissolute ruler.



abandoned

/ əˈæԻəԻ /

adjective

  1. deserted

    an abandoned windmill

  2. forsaken

    an abandoned child

  3. unrestrained; uninhibited

    wild, abandoned dancing

  4. depraved; profligate
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other Word Forms

  • ·dDzԱ· adverb
  • 󲹱-·dDzԱ adjective
  • ܲa·dDzԱ adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of abandoned1

First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English; abandon + -ed 2
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Synonym Study

See immoral.
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Example Sentences

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Visit the embattled Kennedy Center post-Trump purge, and the place can feel abandoned.

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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.

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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.

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This, if true, had abandoned them to the death squads.

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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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