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abandoned

abandoned

292 2.8
Left empty and not used, often by people who lived there
  • adjective
  • /əˈbændənd/
: abandonado
  • The abandoned factory was full of broken equipment and overgrown weeds.
  • the abandoned warehouse
  • the abandoned prison
  • the abandoned factory

But it's our abandoned shed horse.

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Examples

  • There is nothing but abandoned stores all throughout.

  • And so they're going to spend some time in this awful, abandoned, terrifying castle.

  • This is like an abandoned side of the island.

  • So we're driving towards this, this abandoned theme park, water park.

  • Welcome to the haunted abandoned Christmas castle.

  • This is an abandoned POW burial ground.

  • I got that from an abandoned dry cleaners in Lewiston, ME.

  • And then we went back to an old abandoned compound just outside Musokala.

  • We're on the roof of the Abandoned Expendable Warehouse.

  • Then the Abandoned Farm.

Synonyms

deserted
vsabandoned
116 3.0

A place that people no longer live in or use

is the general idea of places left empty by former occupants
lonely
vsabandoned
34 1.6

A place with no people or animals present

is a neutral term for places left empty without the emotional tone
uninhabited
vsabandoned
23 4.0

A place with no people living there

focuses on places left by previous residents rather than never occupied
unoccupied
vsabandoned
13 3.4

Empty and not used by anyone

refers specifically to places emptied by their earlier occupants rather than just unused
derelict
vsabandoned
13 7.5

A place or building that is abandoned and in very bad condition from lack of use

means being left empty without implying severe decay or neglect
unpopulated
vsabandoned
4 4.8

No people live there

points to being left empty by previous users rather than general lack of people
disused
vsabandoned
3 4.5

Something that is empty or abandoned and no longer works

focuses on being emptied by previous occupants rather than mere disuse
unpeopled
vsabandoned
1 8.0

A place that has no people living there

adds the sense that people left the place earlier rather than never living there
depopulated
vsabandoned
1 7.4

A place that has lost most of its people, often after war or disease

describes places emptied by former occupants rather than emptied by catastrophic loss
untenanted
vsabandoned
1 8.1

Not rented or lived in and empty

covers emptiness left by former owners rather than rental vacancy specifically
unhaunted
vsabandoned
1 6.6

Not lived in or visited by people

stresses earlier occupants leaving the place rather than only low visitation
peopleless
vsabandoned
1 7.6

A place with no people in it

implies emptiness due to prior departure rather than just temporary absence

Antonyms

28 2.9

A place where people or animals live

12 2.8

A place like a house or flat where people live

Compounds

A building that people no longer use or live in

A ship left by its crew and owners, often drifting at sea

A factory building that people no longer use and that stands empty

A baby left without care whose parents are unknown

How Deserted

derelict
13 7.5
abandoned
292 2.8
vacant
110 2.6
empty
∞ 1.0

Surface Forms

abandoned positive

Morphology

abandoned = abandon (transparent) = abandon + ed

Standard past-participle/adjectival form of the verb 'abandon' meaning 'left/deserted', so learners who know 'abandon' will readily infer 'abandoned'.

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'.