Abandoned Meaning
/əˈbæn.dənd/Definition, CEFR level B2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
adjHaving given oneself up to vice; immoral; extremely wicked, or sinning without restraint; irreclaimably wicked.
adjNo longer maintained by its former owners, residents, or caretakers; forsaken, deserted.
Sentence Examples
The company abandoned that project.
We abandoned the project because of a lack of funds.
The baby had been abandoned by its mother.
CEFR Practice Quiz
The ____ house on the hill was rumored to be haunted by spirits.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The police found an ____ car on the side of the highway.
Word Origin & History
From Middle English abandoned, equivalent to abandon + -ed.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"Such immunity to offenders offered a safe asylum to the vilest and most abandoned scoundrels."
— 1876, Alexander Davidson, A Complete History of Illinois from 1673 to 1884, page 232:
"[…] your abandoned streams […]"
— 1735, Thomson, (Please provide the book title or journal name):
"Everything was dirty and shabby. There was no sign of the abandoned luxury that Colonel MacAndrew had so confidently described."
— 1919, W. Somerset Maugham, chapter 11, in The Moon and Sixpence:
"What is the same is our need for community. What seemed different was an abandoned enjoyment of life and music, a uniquely Quebec sense of joie de vivre."
— 1984 February 4, M. S., “Celles qui aiment: The Lesbians of Montreal”, in Gay Community News, volume 11, number 28, page 14:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The ____ house on the hill was rumored to be haunted by spirits.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The police found an ____ car on the side of the highway.