Abandoned

Pronunciation

• RP IPA: /əˈbæn.dnÌ©d/
• GenAm IPA: /əˈbæn.dnÌ©d/

Origin

From abandon, from French abandonné ("immoral") past participle of abandonner.

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Full definition of abandoned

Adjective

1. Self-abandoned, or given up to vice; immoral; extremely wicked, or sinning without restraint; irreclaimably wicked; as, an abandoned villain. First attested from 1350 to 1470

1. No longer maintained by its former owners, residents, or caretakers; forsaken, deserted. Late 15th century
• unknown date, Thomson:... your abandoned streams ...
2. Free from constraint; uninhibited. Late 17th century
• 1919, William Somerset Maugham, , :Everything was dirty and shabby. There was no sign of the abandoned luxury that Colonel MacAndrew had so confidently described.
3. (geology) No longer being acted upon by the geologic forces that formed it.

Derived terms

• abandonedness

Synonyms

Verb

1. abandoned

   (past of abandon)