deserted
from
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
deserted \deserted\ adj.
1. having no residents; as, deserted villages.
Syn: uninhabited.
[WordNet 1.5]
2. no longer used by people.
Syn: abandoned, derelict.
[WordNet 1.5]
3. remote from civilization; as, the victim was lured to a
deserted spot.
[WordNet 1.5]
4. being left by another without support or assistance; left
in the lurch; -- of people; as, deserted wives and
children.
Note: In this sense, the label implies some level of
dependence of the person(s) being deserted on those
deserting them.
from
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Desert \De*sert"\ (d[-e]*z[~e]rt"), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
{Deserted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Deserting}.] [Cf. L. desertus,
p. p. of deserere to desert, F. d['e]serter. See 2d
{Desert}.]
1. To leave (especially something which one should stay by
and support); to leave in the lurch; to abandon; to
forsake; -- implying blame, except sometimes when used of
localities; as, to desert a friend, a principle, a cause,
one's country. "The deserted fortress." --Prescott.
[1913 Webster]
2. (Mil.) To abandon (the service) without leave; to forsake
in violation of duty; to abscond from; as, to desert the
army; to desert one's colors.
[1913 Webster]
from
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
120 Moby Thesaurus words for "deserted":
abandoned, abjured, antiquated, antique, apostasy, archaic,
available, bar, bare, castaway, defenseless, demand, derelict,
desertion, deserve, desolate, discarded, discontinued, disregarded,
disused, done with, empty, falseness, fatherless, forlorn,
forsaken, free, friendless, gain, get, godforsaken, half-done,
have it coming, helpless, homeless, ignored, isolated, jettisoned,
kithless, laid aside, left, left undone, lonely, marooned, merit,
missed, motherless, neglected, not worth saving, obsolescent,
obsolete, old, old-fashioned, omitted, on the shelf, open, out,
out of use, out-of-date, outcast, outdated, outmoded, outworn,
overlooked, passed by, passed over, passed up, past use,
pensioned off, perfidiousness, perfidy, pigeonholed, put aside,
rate, recreancy, rejected, relinquished, renounced, resigned,
retired, shunted, sidelined, sidetracked, slighted, solitary,
stranded, superannuate, superannuated, superseded, tenantless,
tergiversation, treacherousness, treachery, unasked, unattended to,
uncared-for, unchaperoned, unconsidered, uncouth, undone, unfilled,
unfrequented, unfriended, uninhabited, unmanned, unoccupied,
unpeopled, unpopulated, unregarded, unsolicited, unstaffed,
untaken, untenanted, untended, unvisited, unwatched, vacant,
vacated, win, worn-out
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