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à l'abandon

American  
[a la-bahn-dawn] / a la bɑ̃ˈdɔ̃ /

adverb

French.

  1. carelessly; recklessly.

Etymology

Origin of à l'abandon

Literally, “with abandon”

Example Sentences

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Les deux bâtisses encore debout sont en ruines, et le jardin autrefois verdoyant est à l’abandon.

From New York Times • Apr. 13, 2017

Il faut prendre sa vie, et tout ce qu'on a, et le ietter à l'abandon, pour ainsi dire, se contentant d'vne croix bien grosse et bien pesante pour toute richesse.

From The Jesuits in North America in the Seventeenth Century by Parkman, Francis

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