abandoned
adjective
No English definition recorded for this entry.
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Pronunciation: /əˈbæn.dənd/ / /əˈbeə̯n.dənd/ / /əˈbɛə̯n.dənd/
adj
Etymology: From Middle English abandoned, equivalent to abandon + -ed.
- 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- No longer maintained by its former owners, residents, or caretakers; forsaken, deserted.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.
verb
Etymology: From Middle English abandoned, equivalent to abandon + -ed.
- simple past and past participle of abandon
“For quotations using this term, see Citations:abandoned.”