abandoned

English

/əˈbæn.dn̩d/, /əˈbæn.dn̩d/

adj
Definitions
  • Having given oneself up to vice; immoral; extremely wicked, or sinning without restraint; irreclaimably wicked.
  • No longer maintained by its former owners, residents or caretakers; forsaken, deserted.
  • Free from constraint; uninhibited.
  • (geology) No longer being acted upon by the geologic forces that formed it.

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English abandoned affix from English abandon.

Origin

English

abandon

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