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abandoned

[ uh-ban-duhnd ]

/ əˈbæn dənd /

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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.

OTHER WORDS FOR abandoned

1 discarded, rejected.

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Origin of abandoned

Middle English word dating back to 1350–1400; see origin at abandon¹, -ed²

synonym study for abandoned

3. See immoral.

OTHER WORDS FROM abandoned

a·ban·doned·ly, adverbhalf-a·ban·doned, adjectiveun·a·ban·doned, adjective

Words nearby abandoned

Abakan, abalone, abamp, abampere, abandon, abandoned, abandonee, Abandon hope, all ye who enter here, abandonment, abandonware, abapical

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How to use abandoned in a sentence

The abandoned and active coal mines that run through eastern Kentucky make it one of the areas that stands to benefit.
The infrastructure law aims to clean up pollution in your community|Rebecca Leber|November 15, 2021|Vox
But because they are not forgotten, they cannot completely be abandoned.
The Straight Hero of Cameroon’s Gays|Jay Michaelson|December 10, 2014|DAILY BEAST
He said he spent his time doing “Mickey Mouse make-work,” digging though old records for long-abandoned well sites.
Two Texas Regulators Tried to Enforce the Rules. They Were Fired.|David Hasemyer, InsideClimate News|December 9, 2014|DAILY BEAST
He asks why non-believers like himself are abandoned by the world.
What It’s Like to Be an Atheist in Palestine|Waleed al-Husseini, Movements.Org|December 8, 2014|DAILY BEAST

She became a schoolteacher, but, as war erupted, began taking in kids abandoned or orphaned by the conflict.
Death Metal Angola: Heavy Metal in War-Torn Africa|Nina Strochlic|November 21, 2014|DAILY BEAST
It, too, soon abandoned the mission, finding it both logistically and financially impossible.
The Sham, Scaremongering Guide to Ebola|Abby Haglage|November 20, 2014|DAILY BEAST
He breathed fierce and honest anathema on the heads of the bowelless fiends who had abandoned the babe to its doom.
The Joyous Adventures of Aristide Pujol|William J. Locke
The paper and the poker are abandoned, chairs are drawn towards the baize-covered table.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. CCCXXXIX. January, 1844. Vol. LV.|Various
French evacuated Almeida, after destroying everything, and the next day they abandoned Portugal entirely.
The Every Day Book of History and Chronology|Joel Munsell
The idea was seriously considered but, for various reasons, abandoned.
Fifty Years of Railway Life in England, Scotland and Ireland|Joseph Tatlow
So the courts abandoned the rule founded on the part payment of the purchase price.
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British Dictionary definitions for abandoned

abandoned

/ (əˈbændənd) /

adjective

desertedan abandoned windmill

forsakenan abandoned child

unrestrained; uninhibitedwild, abandoned dancing

depraved; profligate

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