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abandoned - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'abandoned' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Abandoned [ a.]
- Forsaken, deserted.
- Self-abandoned, or given up to vice; extremely wicked, or sinning without restraint; irreclaimably wicked ; as, an abandoned villain.
2 . Abandoned [ imp. & p. p.]
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Meaning of 'abandoned' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . abandoned [ s]
Meaning (1):
- unrestrained and uninhibited
Example in sentence:
  • an abandoned sadness born of grief
Meaning (2):
- forsaken by owner or inhabitants
Example in sentence:
  • weed-grown yard of an abandoned farmhouse