abandoned

/əˈbæn.dənd/
adjective

Having given oneself up to vice; immoral; extremely wicked, or sinning without restraint; irreclaimably wicked.

NWL Collins ENABLE

Adjective 4 meanings

  1. Having given oneself up to vice; immoral; extremely wicked, or sinning without restraint; irreclaimably wicked.

  2. No longer maintained by its former owners, residents, or caretakers; forsaken, deserted.

    “abandoned building”

  3. Free from constraint; uninhibited.

  4. No longer being acted upon by the geologic forces that formed it.

Definitions: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA) via Kaikki/Wiktextract

Where it comes from

Etymology

From Middle English abandoned, equivalent to abandon + -ed.

Similar and opposite words

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arrantbadbalefulscurrilousbanefulbasedarkdeleterious
Opposite
maintainedownedpossessedunabandonedunforsaken

ABANDONED at a glance

ABANDONED has 9 letters and scores 13 points in Scrabble (A 1 + B 3 + A 1 + N 1 + D 2 + O 1 + N 1 + E 1 + D 2) and 16 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #3,525 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.

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