deserted

[dih-zur-tid]

adjective

1. abandoned; forsaken.

   the problems of deserted wives and children.

2. untenanted: without inhabitants.

   a deserted village; a deserted farmhouse.

3. unfrequented; lonely.

   The victim was lured to a deserted spot.

Other Word Forms

• undeserted adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of deserted¹

First recorded in 1620–30; desert ² + -ed ²

Example Sentences

Surrounding areas of Bissau were more deserted, and there were few people in reopened markets, AFP journalists said.

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During a recent visit, a lot that had been cleared for a groundbreaking ceremony in May was deserted, with plantations around it.

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The courtyard between apartment buildings was deserted, except for a single person sitting on one of the benches.

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Commander Gorringe told me that some of the men he had hired in Egypt had already deserted.

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Since then, Basra War Cemetery has become a deserted wasteland, used by the locals for football or to dispose of rubbish.

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Related Words

• barren 
• derelict 
• desolate 
• empty 
• forlorn 
• isolated 
• lonely 
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• uninhabited 
• vacant