What does abandoned mean?

Definitions for abandoned
əˈbæn dəndaban·doned

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. abandoned, derelict, desertedadjective

    forsaken by owner or inhabitants

    "weed-grown yard of an abandoned farmhouse"

  2. abandonedadjective

    free from constraint

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

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Abandonedparticip. adj.

    If she be so abandon’d to her sorrow,
    As it is spoke, she never will admit me. William Shakespeare, Twelfth Night.

    Who is he so abandoned to sottish credulity, as to think, upon that principle, that a clod of earth in a sack, may ever, by eternal shaking, receive the fabric of man’s body? Richard Bentley, Sermons.

    Must he, whose altars on the Phrygian shore,
    With frequent rites, and pure, avow’d thy pow’r,
    Be doom’d the worst of human ills to prove,
    Unbless’d, abandon’d to the wrath of Jove? Alexander Pope, Odyssey, b. i. l. 80.

ChatGPT

  1. abandoned

    Abandoned refers to something or someone that has been deserted, left behind, or given up on. It can apply to a place, object, property, responsibility, or even a living being, indicating a state of neglect, absence of care or supervision, or the cessation of interest or intent to reclaim or maintain.

  2. abandoned

    Abandoned refers to a state or condition of being deserted, left behind, relinquished, or given up by the owner or caretaker. This term could be applied to places like buildings and vehicles, personal properties, or even animals and individuals who are no longer cared for or supervised. It can also refer to an idea or project that has been discontinued or ceased.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Abandoned

    of Abandon

  2. Abandonedadjective

    forsaken, deserted

  3. Abandonedadjective

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

Wikidata

  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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British National Corpus

  1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

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

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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. Volodymyr Zelenskyy:

    Such is the price of procrastination, calling for pressure on Russia to stop this cruel war. 117 children, thousands of adults. Thousands of people are injured. Tens of thousands of families devastated. Hundreds of thousands of destroyed destinies. Millions and millions of abandoned homes. And it all started with one man.

  2. Tamara Pletnyova:

    It's one thing if they're of the same race but quite another if they're of a different race. I'm not a nationalist, but nevertheless I know that children suffer. They are abandoned, and that's it, they stay here with mum.

  3. President Pranab Mukherjee:

    Humanism and pluralism should not be abandoned under any circumstance.

  4. Hassan Saleh:

    The government's negligence toward us has created bitterness among the volunteer fighters risking their lives in order to protect the country, we did not receive any salary, while the government is continuing to pay the salaries of the soldiers and the policemen who abandoned their positions without fighting in June.

  5. Rajendra Adhvrayu:

    All the ponds, reservoirs and water bodies which earlier supplied water in areas of Tikamgarh have dried up. With no water available for irrigation, farmers have abandoned their crops and are migrating to nearby urban areas in search of livelihood and for sustenance. Life is really hard for them, the situation has never been so bad.

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