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adjective

ə-ˈban-dənd How to pronounce abandoned (audio)
Definition of abandonednext
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as in deserted
left unoccupied or unused she consciously avoided walking past the abandoned house, with its broken windows and sagging porch

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as in rampant
showing no signs of being under control wild, abandoned dancing that shocked the staid chaperones at the debutante ball

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abandoned

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verb

past tense of abandon
1
as in indulged
to give (oneself) over to something especially unrestrainedly more than ready to abandon himself to a life of complete idleness for the duration of his vacation

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as in left
to cause to remain behind abandoned the group that he had been hiking with and struck out on his own

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as in canceled
to put an end to (something planned or previously agreed to) the bad weather forced NASA to abandon the launch

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as in discontinued
to stop doing (something) permanently marriage customs that were abandoned decades ago

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Recent Examples of abandoned
Adjective
Antonia Noori Farzan The Providence Police Department is urging drivers to stay off the road, saying that stuck and abandoned cars are causing problems and preventing the city from getting back to normal. — Eryn Dion, The Providence Journal, 24 Feb. 2026 Rogers is shopworker Polly Parrish, who gets mistakenly identified as the parent of an abandoned baby. — Gwen Ihnat, Entertainment Weekly, 12 Dec. 2025
Verb
The Washington Redskins name and iconic logo that the NFL team in the nation's capital abandoned in 2020 is back in a manner of speaking. — Armando Salguero Outkick, FOXNews.com, 26 Aug. 2026 As Ars reported in December 2025, Coates and his coterie believe that when Elon Musk bought Twitter in 2022 and quickly changed the company’s name to X, the Twitter identity and intellectual property were abandoned. — Cyrus Farivar, ArsTechnica, 26 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for abandoned
Recent Examples of Synonyms for abandoned
  1. deserted
  2. rampant
  3. indulged
  4. stranded
  5. canceled
  6. discontinued
  7. disused
  8. runaway
Adjective
  • Among all the far-off places, and all the deserted and unknown cities, among all the lawless, godless regions, the Guayrá was an oasis.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 14 Aug. 2026
  • The red-brick Southeast Lighthouse, perched atop the Mohegan Bluffs, is all but deserted.
    — Lindsay Cohn, Travel + Leisure, 9 Aug. 2026
Definition of deserted
Adjective
  • The extremely soapy, enjoyably satirical true-life drama chronicles love, rampant betrayal and a brazen murder plot through three decades of the iconic Gucci fashion house.
    — Brian Truitt, USA Today, 28 Aug. 2026
  • The federal government first created tax incentives for companies to implement employee ownership in the 1970s when stagflation was rampant and Washington wanted to generate more retirement assets for working Americans.
    — Diane Brady, Fortune, 26 Aug. 2026
Definition of rampant
Verb
  • When Maserati brought me back, exhilaration turned to fixation, which Weiss happily indulged by bringing me back for a third time to be coached by Rod Macleod.
    — Lilian Raji, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2026
  • In Salzburg, Dudamel indulged the Vienna Philharmonic’s incomparable lushness, those plush strings, glowing winds, golden brass, voluminous timpani.
    — Classical Music Critic, Los Angeles Times, 5 Aug. 2026
Definition of indulged
Verb
  • The Marlins lost, 4-2, after the bullpen coughed up the lead and after the offense went just 2 for 18 with runners in scoring position and stranded 14 players on base.
    — Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 25 Aug. 2026
  • Two climbers who became stranded in Big Sur on California's Central Coast were brought to safety following a weekend rescue that was captured on video, according to officials.
    — Tim Fang, CBS News, 24 Aug. 2026
Definition of stranded
Verb
  • If the league and union can’t agree on a new contract by some time in March, some regular-season games likely would be canceled.
    — Evan Drellich, New York Times, 28 Aug. 2026
  • South Korean officials said this week that a second exercise, for amphibious landings scheduled for September, was canceled in June.
    — Ivana Kottasová, CNN Money, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of canceled
Verb
  • Program discontinued while lawsuit proceeds Hanaway withdrew her motion for preliminary injunction, which sought to suspend the program while the lawsuit was pending, after the city ended the program.
    — Jack Harvel August 26, Kansas City Star, 26 Aug. 2026
  • That's possibly because Starlink briefly discontinued the perk, but not before the customer had already subscribed to the Max plan, a nuance the AI may have failed to understand.
    — Michael Kan, PC Magazine, 25 Aug. 2026
Definition of discontinued
Adjective
  • At least 14 artisanal miners are dead and scores are injured at a disused mine in South Africa, police said Tuesday.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 11 Aug. 2026
  • Motion opened the gallery in Kings Cross in a disused betting parlor next door to a kebab shop in 2016 while also holding down a day job.
    — Brian Boucher, ARTnews.com, 11 Aug. 2026
Definition of disused
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  • As high-quality synthetic re-creations become cheap and accessible, cloning has become a more desirable option for studios struggling with runaway production costs.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 29 Aug. 2026
  • Mariner 2 carried no cameras (surprisingly), but its observations were the first detailed measurements of the Venus atmosphere and Venus' temperature, proving to scientists that the planet experienced a runaway greenhouse effect in the past.
    — Tariq Malik, Space.com, 27 Aug. 2026
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“Abandoned.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/abandoned. Accessed 2 Sep. 2026.

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