Definitions for abandoned
əˈbæn dəndaban·doned

Princeton's WordNet(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. abandoned, derelict, deserted(adj)

   forsaken by owner or inhabitants

   "weed-grown yard of an abandoned farmhouse"

2. abandoned(adj)

   free from constraint

   "an abandoned sadness born of grief"- Liam O'Flaherty

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1. Abandoned

   of Abandon

2. Abandoned(adj)

   forsaken, deserted

3. Abandoned(adj)

   self-abandoned, or given up to vice; extremely wicked, or sinning without restraint; irreclaimably wicked ; as, an abandoned villain

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1. Abandoned

   "Abandoned" is the 31st episode of the television series Lost, and is the sixth episode of the second season. The episode was directed by Adam Davidson and written by Elizabeth Sarnoff. It first aired on November 9, 2005 on ABC. The character of Shannon Rutherford is featured in the episode's flashbacks.

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1. abandoned

   Song lyrics by abandoned -- Explore a large variety of song lyrics performed by abandoned on the Lyrics.com website.

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'abandoned' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #3561

How to pronounce abandoned?

1. 

   Alex

   US English

   

   Daniel

   British

   

   Karen

   Australian

   

   Veena

   Indian

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of abandoned in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of abandoned in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of abandoned in a Sentence

1. Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull:

   We do not theorize about border protection, we know what happens when those policies were abandoned: 1,200 people died at sea ... it was a catastrophe.

2. President Barack Obama:

   Submerged countries, abandoned cities, fields that no longer grow. Political disruptions that trigger new conflicts, leaving more floods of desperate people seeking sanctuary in nations not their own.

3. Athenus:

   It was a saying of Demetrius Phalereus, that 'Men having often abandoned what was visible for the sake of what was uncertain, have not got what they expected, and have lost what they had,--being unfortunate by an enigmatical sort of calamity.'

4. Blanca Rodriguez:

   In my area I have seen an explosion of abandoned animals, they have raised the price of pet food too much. You can still get hold of it, but now it is more difficult.

5. Van Sebille:

   It's a pretty filthy ocean and there's a lot of garbage floating out there, everything from small water bottles to big, abandoned fishing nets.

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