Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective No longer occupied or used; abandoned.
- adjective Uninhabited.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective having no residents.
- adjective no longer used by people.
- adjective remote from civilization.
- adjective being left by another without support or assistance; left in the lurch; -- of people.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
desert . - adjective
abandoned - adjective
desolate
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective forsaken by owner or inhabitants
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Examples
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"These are what they call the deserted beds," he said again.
The Cruise of the Dazzler Jack London 1896
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The pilot and third officer loomed above him, as did the man at the wheel, a bulky German, deserted from a warship, whom he had signed on in Rangoon.
THE SEA FARMER 2010
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It has been stored in deserted mines, and used to build a golf course in Chesapeake, Virginia.
Michele Swenson: The Urgency of Toxic Coal Ash Regulation and the Move to Clean Energy Michele Swenson 2010
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It has been stored in deserted mines, and used to build a golf course in Chesapeake, Virginia.
Michele Swenson: The Urgency of Toxic Coal Ash Regulation and the Move to Clean Energy Michele Swenson 2010
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Sea on the west, more sailors deserted from the whale-ships to the north, and they all starved together in right brotherly fashion.
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The majority of horror movies are set in deserted areas with limited proximity to towns and major cities.
Clip du jour: Cell phones in horror movies never, ever work | EW.com 2009
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It has been stored in deserted mines, and used to build a golf course in Chesapeake, Virginia.
Michele Swenson: The Urgency of Toxic Coal Ash Regulation and the Move to Clean Energy Michele Swenson 2010
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It is estimated that the number of military personnel who have deserted from the ranks and who have stated, from their actions, that they will not fight in an illegal and immoral war for imperialist America, numbers approximately 8,000.
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MORE than 6000 men and women have deserted from the US army since the invasion of Iraq in March 2003.
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According to the oral tradition, in the mid-eighteenth century, Peter Kerrivan and some companions jumped ship at St. John's and deserted from the British Navy.
Gutenber-e Help Page 2005
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