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abandoned



aban·doned [ ə-ˈban-dənd]



abandoned   
adjective

Definition of abandoned

1a : left without needed protection, care, or support
//an abandoned baby … she … began to live in what she referred to as the straitened circumstances of an abandoned woman.— Richard Russo
b : left by the owner
//an abandoned car : left to fall into a state of disuse
//an abandoned field abandoned property an abandoned factory
c : no longer held or thought of : given up
//abandoned hopes/dreams
2 : wholly free from restraint The lower the beer dropped in the kegs, the more abandoned and frenzied the dancers became.— Don Asher … unless you can convince them that you are as abandoned a profligate as themselves.— George Bernard Shaw


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Recent Examples on the Web


//Now Johnson, who lives in a camper trailer, has to find a temporary place to live, because on Tuesday the city of Oakland began clearing the property by first towing the abandoned cars, trucks and RVs that people weren’t living in.
— Otis R. Taylor Jr., SFChronicle.com, "Longtime Oakland residents — now homeless — get pushed out of Wood Street encampment," 7 Nov. 2019
//With Season 4 of the hit show attracting more than 16.9 million viewers, the network picked up 13 new episodes, so get ready to see more abandoned houses with unpleasant surprises be transformed into stunning spaces.
— Selena Barrientos, House Beautiful, "Good Bones Fans, HGTV Stars Mina Starsiak Hawk and Karen E Laine Are Returning for Season 5," 26 Oct. 2019
//Even when Houston was finally rid of the worst, downtown highways remained littered with abandoned cars submerged in water.
— CBS News, "Relentless Imelda evokes memories of historic Hurricane Harvey," 20 Sep. 2019
//Even when Houston was finally rid of the worst, downtown highways remained littered with abandoned cars submerged in water.
— Washington Post, "Imelda leaves 2 dead in Texas, others stranded and trapped," 20 Sep. 2019
//Even when Houston was finally rid of the worst, downtown highways remained littered with abandoned cars submerged in water.
— Anchorage Daily News, "Imelda leaves 2 dead in Texas, others stranded and trapped," 20 Sep. 2019
//Even when Houston was finally rid of the worst, downtown highways remained littered with abandoned cars submerged in water.
— Juan A. Lozano, chicagotribune.com, "Remnants of Tropical Storm Imelda deluge Houston, leading to more than 1,000 water rescues," 19 Sep. 2019
//The sheriff’s office went public July 19 seeking help with the search for Heather, and on August 9 announced that her abandoned 2005 black Infiniti G35 had been found.
— Jeff Truesdell, PEOPLE.com, "Husband Allegedly Killed Calif. Mom to Silence Her After She Was 'Witness to a Crime'," 11 Sep. 2019
//New video of 2-alarm fire at an abandoned lumberyard near Snohomish.
— Christine Clarridge, The Seattle Times, "Early-morning fire burns former Snohomish sawmill, the last of an era," 28 Aug. 2019


First Known Use of abandoned

15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1c



History and Etymology for abandoned

Middle English, from past participle of abandounen "to abandon entry 1"



Dictionary Entries near abandoned

abampere

abandon

abandon/drop all pretense at

abandoned

abandonee

abandonment

abandon oneself to



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Synonyms & Antonyms of abandoned

(Entry 1 of 2)

1 left unoccupied or unused
  • she consciously avoided walking past the abandoned house, with its broken windows and sagging porch

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2 showing no signs of being under control
  • wild, abandoned dancing that shocked the staid chaperones at the debutante ball

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abandoned

verb
past tense of abandon

Synonyms & Antonyms of abandoned (Entry 2 of 2)

1 to give (oneself) over to something especially unrestrainedly
  • more than ready to abandon himself to a life of complete idleness for the duration of his vacation

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2 to cause to remain behind
  • abandoned the group that he had been hiking with and struck out on his own

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3 to put an end to (something planned or previously agreed to)
  • the bad weather forced NASA to abandon the launch

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4 to stop doing (something) permanently
  • marriage customs that were abandoned decades ago

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abandoned

adjective
aban·​doned | \ ə-ˈban-dənd \

Kids Definition of abandoned

: given up : left empty or unused
//abandoned houses