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Deserted

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Adjective

1. abandoned, derelict, deserted

forsaken by owner or inhabitants

Example Sentences:
'weed-grown yard of an abandoned farmhouse'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Deserted

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noun
1. 
a region that is devoid or almost devoid of vegetation, esp because of low rainfall
2. 
an uncultivated uninhabited region
3. 
a place which lacks some desirable feature or quality
a cultural desert
4. (modifier)
of, relating to, or like a desert; infertile or desolate
verb
1. (transitive)
to leave or abandon (a person, place, etc) without intending to return, esp in violation of a duty, promise, or obligation
2. military
to abscond from (a post or duty) with no intention of returning
3. (transitive)
to fail (someone) in time of need
his good humour temporarily deserted him
4. (transitive) Scots law
to give up or postpone (a case or charge)
noun
1. (often plural)
something that is deserved or merited; just reward or punishment
2. 
the state of deserving a reward or punishment
3. 
virtue or merit

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Deserted

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verb transitive
1. 
to forsake (someone or something that one ought not to leave); abandon
2. 
to leave (one's post, military service, etc.) without permission
3. 
to fail (someone) when most needed
verb intransitive
4. 
to leave one's post, military duty, etc. without permission and with no intent to return, or, in war, in order to avoid hazardous duty
noun
1. 
an uncultivated region without inhabitants; wilderness
2. 
a dry, barren, sandy region, often extremely hot
adjective
3. 
of a desert or deserts
4. 
wild and uninhabited
a desert island
noun
1. 
the fact of deserving reward or punishment
2.  [often pl.]
deserved reward or punishment
to get one's just deserts
3. 
the quality of deserving reward; merit

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Deserted

see synonyms of deserted
adj.
1. No longer occupied or used; abandoned: a deserted sentry post.
2. Uninhabited: a deserted island.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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