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[ adjective ] no longer inhabited
Examples "weed-grown yard of an abandoned farmhouse" Used in print (The Dallas Morning News,...)Committee approval of Gov._Price_Daniel 's `` abandoned property '' act seemed certain Thursday despite the adamant protests of Texas bankers . Related terms |
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[ adjective ] left desolate or empty
Synonyms Examples "an abandoned child" "their deserted wives and children" "an abandoned shack" "deserted villages" Used in print (Musical America, LXXXI:5...)Stravinsky , nearing the age of eighty , is like a lost and frantic bird , flitting from one abandoned nest to another , searching for a home . Related terms |
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[ adjective ] free from constraint
Examples "an abandoned sadness born of grief"- Liam O'Flaherty Related terms |
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