abandoned

UK /əˈbæn.dənd/ US /əˈbæn.dənd/

adj 4

Definitions

adj

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.

No longer maintained by its former owners, residents, or caretakers; forsaken, deserted.

abandoned building

abandoned property

Free from constraint; uninhibited.

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

What is the same is our need for community. What seemed different was an abandoned enjoyment of life and music, a uniquely Quebec sense of joie de vivre.

No longer being acted upon by the geologic forces that formed it.

Collocations

ADJ.

all, long, many, most

Most abandoned buildings in the city have been torn down over the past decade.

VERB + ABANDONED

boats, found

The rescue team found abandoned boats along the rocky coastline after the storm.

ABANDONED + NOUN

cars, family, idea, property, scoundrels, town, woods

We drove past several abandoned cars rusting in the overgrown lot behind the factory.

PREP.

in, on, since

The old factory has been abandoned since the company moved overseas in 2010.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

adjective — forsaken by owner or inhabitants

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

Example Bank

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

Wiktionary

abandoned building

Wiktionary

abandoned property

Wiktionary

The company abandoned that project.

Tatoeba · #22393

We abandoned the project because of a lack of funds.

Tatoeba · #22944

The boats are abandoned on shore.

Tatoeba · #33736

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