Abandoned

//əˈbæn.dənd// adj, verb

adj, verb ·Very common ·Middle school level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    simple past and past participle of abandon form-of, participle, past
Adjective
  1. 1
    Having given oneself up to vice; immoral; extremely wicked, or sinning without restraint; irreclaimably wicked.

    "Such immunity to offenders offered a safe asylum to the vilest and most abandoned scoundrels."

  2. 2
    No longer maintained by its former owners, residents, or caretakers; forsaken, deserted.

    "abandoned building"

  3. 3
    Free from constraint; uninhibited.

    "Everything was dirty and shabby. There was no sign of the abandoned luxury that Colonel MacAndrew had so confidently described."

  4. 4
    No longer being acted upon by the geologic forces that formed it.
Adjective
  1. 1
    forsaken by owner or inhabitants wordnet
  2. 2
    unrestrained and uninhibited wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms
uninhibitedcorruptcorrupteddepravedderelictdeserted

Example

More examples

"The company abandoned that project."

Etymology

From Middle English abandoned, equivalent to abandon + -ed.

Related phrases

abandoned child syndromeabandoned habitsabandoned propertyphantom abandoned callself-abandoned

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