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deserted

[ dih-zur-tid ]

adjective

  1. abandoned; forsaken:

    the problems of deserted wives and children.

  2. untenanted: without inhabitants:

    a deserted village; a deserted farmhouse.

  3. unfrequented; lonely:

    The victim was lured to a deserted spot.



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Other Word Forms

  • ܲd·Ļ adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of deserted1

First recorded in 1620–30; desert 2 + -ed 2
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With the sun not set to rise for another two and half hours, the streets are deserted.

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After dessert, with Rob still engrossed in conversation, I left the group, walked around the hotel grounds and found a quiet, deserted pool at the edge of a steep cliff.

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But hundreds of thousands of the city's residents are still living as refugees in Chad, and I saw many deserted and destroyed neighbourhoods as we drove around.

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Team officials attempted to break up the players, as some spectators deserted their seats.

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"We found this statistic: half a million people used to walk across Westminster Bridge, take a picture of the Houses of Parliament and then walk back north. The Southbank in 1993-94 was deserted."

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