abandoned
- adjective
- /əˈbændənd/
- The abandoned factory was full of broken equipment and overgrown weeds.
- the abandoned warehouse
- the abandoned prison
- the abandoned factory
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Watch on YouTubeBut it's our abandoned shed horse.
- But it's our abandoned shed horse.
- And then I saw an an abandoned umbrella, and I used that.
- There is nothing but abandoned stores all throughout.
- This is an abandoned POW burial ground.
- And then we went back to an old abandoned compound just outside Musokala.
- And so they're going to spend some time in this awful, abandoned, terrifying castle.
- I was alone at an abandoned laundry.
Examples
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There is nothing but abandoned stores all throughout.
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And so they're going to spend some time in this awful, abandoned, terrifying castle.
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This is like an abandoned side of the island.
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So we're driving towards this, this abandoned theme park, water park.
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Welcome to the haunted abandoned Christmas castle.
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This is an abandoned POW burial ground.
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I got that from an abandoned dry cleaners in Lewiston, ME.
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And then we went back to an old abandoned compound just outside Musokala.
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We're on the roof of the Abandoned Expendable Warehouse.
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Then the Abandoned Farm.
Synonyms
A place that people no longer live in or use
A place with no people or animals present
A place with no people living there
Empty and not used by anyone
A place or building that is abandoned and in very bad condition from lack of use
No people live there
Something that is empty or abandoned and no longer works
A place that has no people living there
A place that has lost most of its people, often after war or disease
Not rented or lived in and empty
Not lived in or visited by people
A place with no people in it
Antonyms
Compounds
How Deserted
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Abandoned comes from the old parts a- and bandon, where bandon meant 'control' or 'power'. So something 'abandoned' was 'given up' or left to someone else, which is why an abandoned building is 'left empty'.