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abandoned
adjective as in left alone, deserted
Strong matches
deserted, discarded, dissipated, dropped, dumped, eliminated, empty, forgotten, forsaken, jilted, left, neglected, rejected, relinquished, shunned, sidelined, vacated
Weak matches
alone, cast aside, cast away, eighty-sixed, given up, godforsaken, left in the cold, left in the lurch, outcast, passed up, pigeon-holed, side-tracked, unoccupied, vacant
adjective as in free from moral restraint; uninhibited
Weak matches
dissolute, immoral, incontinent, incorrigible, licentious, profligate, shameless, sinful, uncontrolled, unprincipled, unrestrained, wicked, wild
Example Sentences
He says this is necessary because when he was young, Belém was "beautiful, well-kept, well cared for", but it has since been "abandoned" and "neglected" with "little interest from the ruling class".
At least a million of them needed to be replaced by 2030 to meet the Scottish government's now abandoned interim climate change targets.
The court heard it was only after people in Bangor reported suspicious activity around an abandoned department store on the High Street that the conspiracy began to unravel.
Even the day scenes feel tinged by darkness — especially when Shula visits her dead uncle’s home to find a neglected hovel of forgotten children likely to be abandoned by her judgmental aunties.
Afterward, the men drove away in Sementilli’s Porsche and were recorded on another surveillance camera as they abandoned the vehicle 5 miles away.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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