deserted
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- adjective
- /dɪˈzɜrtɪd/
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desierto
- On seeing a deserted plain nearby, he reflected this place must have had a name when it was fortunate enough to be ruled and peopled by Romans.
- deserted road
- deserted village
You know, we, we spent a lot of time on this deserted island and the Hawaiian island chain.
- You know, we, we spent a lot of time on this deserted island and the Hawaiian island chain.
- First question, best Kanye album to bring on a deserted island?
- Dry seeds of the US evangelical movement blew across the world like tumbleweeds in a deserted Western town.
- But I think, I think if I was on a deserted island, I think that I would go crazy.
- The weaponized incompetence people are definitely not people you would want to be on a deserted island with.
- This beautiful little monk took us into a deserted chanting hall where there's a secret monastery behind the wall.
- And but I would say that if I were stranded on a deserted island and I could have only one psychedelic, which would be it would be LSD.
Examples
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Its shops, restaurants, theaters, churches, public health transport were all deserted and many closed.
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The brooks were frozen, the airports almost deserted, and snow disfigured the public statues.
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THE HOUSE WAS DESERTED.
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EXT. DESERT ROAD OUTSIDE LAS VEGAS - DAY. THE WHITE WHALE TEARS DOWN THE DESERTED FREEWAY.
Fiction book (1998) -
The old factory has been left abandoned, standing in a once-busy area that is now completely deserted.
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As the sun set, the deserted village became eerily quiet, with only the sound of the wind.
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After the storm, the beach was deserted, with only scattered debris remaining along the shore.
Synonyms
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A place with no people or animals present
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Empty and bleak with little life or shelter
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A place with no people living there
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A place or building that is abandoned and in very bad condition from lack of use
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No people live there
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Left empty and not used, often by people who lived there
A place with no people in it
Not lived in or visited by people
A place that has lost most of its people, often after war or disease
Antonyms
How Deserted
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word deserted comes from an old word meaning 'to leave' and is the same root as the noun desert, which means an 'empty' or lonely land. So deserted describes a place people have left and is empty or abandoned.