godforsaken
Americanadjective
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(usually prenominal) desolate; dreary; forlorn
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wicked
Etymology
Origin of godforsaken
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Example Sentences
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First, the company claims credit for turning central Florida from a godforsaken wasteland into a thriving economic engine for the entire state.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 26, 2023
"I am open to whatever will give me the power to defend my constituents against this godforsaken city."
From Reuters • Jan. 6, 2023
"One of the great decisions you ever made was leaving Ohio State to get out of that godforsaken place and go to LSU," Brady told Burrow, who joined the podcast.
From Fox News • Feb. 1, 2022
The most godforsaken of all pirouettes had come for the world’s new favorite daughter, and she, somehow, used her very strong feet to kick its ass.
From Slate • Jul. 29, 2021
Why else had he been willing to languish in the shadow of the vice presidency for those godforsaken years if not to use it as a stepping-stone to the prize itself?
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
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