Abandoned

Definition: Abandoned

Abandoned

Adjective

1. No longer inhabited; "weed-grown yard of an abandoned farmhouse".

2. Left desolate or empty; "an abandoned child"; "their deserted wives and children"; "an abandoned shack"; "deserted villages".

3. Free from constraint; "an abandoned sadness born of grief"- Liam O'Flaherty.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "abandoned" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references)

Synonym: Abandoned

Neglect

Abandoned; buried in a napkin, hid under a bushel.

Seclusion Exclusion

Estranged; unfrequented; uninhabitable, uninhabited; tenantless; abandoned; deserted, deserted in one's utmost need; unfriended; kithless, friendless, homeless; lorn, forlorn, desolate.

Vice

Evil-minded, evil-disposed; ill-conditioned; malevolent; heartless, graceless, shameless, virtueless; abandoned, lost to virtue; unconscionable; sunk in iniquity, lost in iniquity, steeped in iniquity.

Crosswords: Abandoned

I got tired of seein' children roamin' the woodlands without food, children roamin' the highways in this here Depression, children sleepin' in old abandoned car bodies in junk heaps (The Night of the Hunter; writing credit: James Agee; Davis Grubb)

The abandoned. Those who will not be missed (Wolfen; writing credit: David Eyre; Whitley Strieber)

Look at what they abandoned in their panic, they were afraid (Akira; writing credit: Katsuhiro Ôtomo)

Since you've abandoned me (Walking On Broken Glass; performing artist: Annie Lennox)

With the children you abandoned (Father Of Mine; performing artist: Everclear)

I was abandoned and alone (Make it Happen; performing artist: Mariah Carey)

In an old abandoned box car (Nowhere To Go; performing artist: Melissa Etheridge)

Abandoned (1949)

Isle of Abandoned Hope (1914)

The Abandoned Well (1913)

Abandoned and Deceived (1995)

The Abandoned (1989)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Books

• Abandoned (Puppy Patrol, 3) (reference)

• Abandoned America (reference)

• Abandoned Trucks (reference)

• Desperate Journeys, Abandoned Souls : True Stories of Castaways and Other Survivors (reference)

• Oswald Chambers: Abandoned to God: The Life Story of the Author of My Utmost for His Highest (reference)

  (more book examples)

Periodicals

• Escheat And Abandoned Property Laws (reference)

  (more periodical examples)

Theater & Movies

• Abandoned (reference)

• Exosquad: Abandoned (reference)

• Seduced and Abandoned (reference)

• Star Trek - Deep Space Nine, Episode 52: The Abandoned (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music

• Abandoned Luncheonette (reference)

• Abandoned Shopping Trolley Hotline (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Workers are shown wearing protective clothing to clean up chemical wastes abandoned in dumps. This is a serious environmental problem. Credit: Linda Bartlett (photographer).

Abandoned plumbing fixtures in Miami, Florida. Potential mosquito breeding site. Bathtub. Credit: CDC.

Muddy shoreline next to an abandoned shack. Credit: America's Coastlines.

An abandoned pound net. These are used to catch fish, but also entraps many turtles and aquatic birds. Credit: America's Coastlines.

Abandoned fur traders' outpost on the Arctic coast. Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth.

An abandoned whale boat from years before. Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth.

An overview of the marsh and the culvert that restricts water from flowing from Quivett Creek into the marsh. The preferred restoration choice was to create an open channel between the two sections of marsh but the homes in the foreground would have been impacted. Instead the culverts were enlarged. Part of the project includes raising the abandoned roadway surface to provide flood control. Credit: NOAA Restoration Center.

Rookery Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve. An abandoned road within the Reserve was restored to its original wetlands elevation to reestablish sheetflow and tidal flushing. Within a few months of the restoration, the recolonization of native wetlands had begun. Credit: National Estuarine Research Reserve System (NERR).

Figure 42. A BBT-Neyrpic current recorder made between 1950 and 1952 as the result of a collaboration between the companies of Barbier, Benard & Turenne and Nepyric. The official test of this instrument was in the Gulf of Sfax about 1951 in four meters of water. This instrument had higher precision and was more manageable than many of its predecessors, but abandoned photographic recording. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now.

An abandoned well in Carroll County is closed off. Credit: Lynn Betts.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

And of Caligula, that he openly declared, that he would be no longer a head to the people or senate, and that he had it in his thoughts to cut off the worthiest men of both ranks, and then retire to Alexandria: and he wisht that the people had but one neck, that he might dispatch them all at a blow, Such designs as these, when any king harbours in his thoughts, and seriously promotes, he immediately gives up all care and thought of the common-wealth; and consequently forfeits the power of governing his subjects, as a master does the dominion over his slaves whom he hath abandoned. (Second Treatise of Government)

Decisions will be arrived at on documentary evidence, but it will be open to the Tribunal to hear the parties in person, or according to their preference by their representatives approved by the two Governments, or by the agent referred to above, who shall be competent to intervene along with the party or to reopen and maintain a claim abandoned by the same. (reference)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Such lovely flowers, and of forms so entirely new to me, were not to be abandoned at the bidding of any little maid, however imperious

There, abandoned, conquered, terrible, these sombre squares suffered formidable martyrdom

Wrecks along the road, abandoned.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Health

Although treatment was promising, results were inconsistent and the technique was soon abandoned. (references)

Electronic devices which help an individual control fluency may be more of a bother than a help in most speaking situations and are often abandoned by individuals who stutter. (references)

Percutaneous connectors offer many research and clinical advantages, including MRI compatibility, ease of electrode testing, and processor upgrading, and they should not be abandoned. (references)

Business

These are all sites abandoned by former state companies. (references)

Employer organizations abandoned efforts to push for labor law reform. (references)

For every car scrapped or abandoned by an owner, a new car may be registered. (references)

Children

Liberia

Deformed babies often are abandoned. (references)

Mongolia

NGO's continued to assist orphaned and abandoned children. (references)

Morocco

Abandoned children in some cases receive kafala (state-sponsored care). (references)

Civil Liberties

Colombia

An estimated 42 towns were abandoned after paramilitary or guerrilla attacks. (references)

Poland

The other cases were denied, discontinued, abandoned or were being processed at year's end. (references)

Pakistan

In May 2000, in response to increasing pressure and threats, Musharraf abandoned his proposed reforms to the blasphemy laws. (references)

Economic History

Sierra Leone

He ultimately abandoned the idea. (references)

Norway

The fee schedule was then abandoned, and market forces have since determined fees. (references)

Guatemala

The third capital, Guatemala City, was founded in 1776, after Antigua was abandoned. (references)

Human Rights

Georgia

During a raid on an abandoned building on August 24, police freed Aoun after 78 days in captivity. (references)

Iraq

Many of the mines were laid during the Iran-Iraq and Gulf Wars; however, the army failed to clear them before it abandoned the area. (references)

Brazil

During a police blitz (roadblock to enforce motor vehicle laws), he abandoned his minivan and fled to his grandfather's house nearby. (references)

Minorities

India

The proposal was abandoned in 2000. There were numerous attacks against Christian communities and Christian missionaries during the year. (references)

Ethiopia

In 1999 two Muslim communities in the Dire Dawa and north Welo areas attempted to construct new mosques but abandoned the construction when local Orthodox church members caused damage to the construction sites and beat one Muslim who tried to prevent their actions. (references)

Political Economy

POLAND

On April 12, 2000, the NBP abandoned the crawling peg it had used since 1991 and allowed the zloty to float freely. (references)

Political Rights

Kuwait

The case subsequently was abandoned, and no further action was taken during the year. (references)

Pakistan

The Musharraf Government had abandoned a plan to abolish the separate electorate system due to pressure by some Muslim political groups, but during the year prepared electoral reforms that included the elimination of the separate electorates system for religious minorities. (references)

Trade

Nigeria

Duties previously paid on abandoned, re-exported, damaged, or destroyed goods may be refunded. (references)

Travel

Thailand

Excellent medical treatment is available in Bangkok, with good to adequate treatment available throughout the country . While the general level of health and nutrition is good, some tropical diseases are a problem . Hepatitis is endemic . The incidence of AIDS has leveled off due to educational awareness campaigns by the Royal Thai Government . However, Thailand is still considered a high-risk country, especially among prostitutes and intravenous drug users . Japanese encephalitis and malaria are a problem in rural border areas, but generally not in Bangkok, major cities, or major tourist destinations . Dengue fever outbreaks occur periodically throughout the country . Rabies is also a risk to consider due to the large number of abandoned animals roaming the streets. (references)

Women

Ethiopia

However, a husband has no obligation to provide financial assistance to his family and, as a result, women and children sometimes are abandoned when there is a problem in the marriage. (references)

Burkina Faso

Polygyny is permitted, but both parties must agree to it prior to a marriage, and the woman maintains the power to oppose further marriages by her husband if she can provide evidence that he abandoned her and her children. (references)

Worker Rights

Togo

There also was a government-funded Social Center for Abandoned Children. (references)

Belgium

Boys who failed to gain a contract sometimes were abandoned by their agents and ended up on the streets. (references)

Venezuela

The group claimed that it had been abandoned at sea by a Turkish cargo ship that, for a fee, had brought them from Africa to find work in an undetermined country. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Expressions using "abandoned": abandoned channel ♦ abandoned child ♦ abandoned goods ♦ abandoned infant ♦ abandoned meander ♦ abandoned person ♦ abandoned ship ♦ abandoned traffic ♦ abandoned well ♦ be abandoned. Additional references.

Beginning with "abandoned": abandoned-in-transit.

Ending with "abandoned": long-abandoned.

Afrikaans

immoreel (nasty). (various references)

Albanian

i lëshuar (flabby, flaccid, flagging, floppy, funky, lackadaisical, languid, languishing, lax, licentious, limp, loose, nerveless, pendulous, profligate, slack, slatternly, slipshod, weary, wretched), i çlirët (flippant, floppy, loose). (various references)

Arabic 

‏مهمل (antiquated, careless, derelict, deserted, discarded, disregarded, disregardful, disused, forgetful, forgotten, forsaken, heedless, ignored, in disuse, inadvertent, inattentive, incautious, left out, left over, neglected, neglectful, negligent, no longer of use, obsolete, omitted, out of use, outdated, reckless, refuse, regardless, remiss, slack, sloven, unpointed, waste), ‏مهجور (antiquated, archaic, archaism, bygone, derelict, deserted, desolate, disused, forlorn, forsaken, in disuse, lonely, lonesome, obsolete, outdated, outmoded, solitary, unfrequented), ‏منبوذ (cast off, castaway, discarded, dismissed, dropped, eliminated, forsaken, ostracized, outcast, pitched, rejected, removed, renounced, thrown away). (various references)

Bulgarian 

разюздан (irregular, lawless, riotous, unbridled), развратен (debauched, dissolute, fast, filthy, goatish, immoral, impure, lax, lecherous, lewd, lickerish, perverted, profligate, rakish, reprobate, scarlet, sporty), напуснат (desert, deserted), захвърлен (forsaken, shelved, uncared for), безпътен (dissipated, dissolute, immodest, profligate, reprobate, unsteady), изоставен (derelict, desolate, destitute, forlorn, forsaken, lorn, on the shelf, uncared for, uncultivated, untended). (various references)

Chinese 

摒弃 (Abandon, Abandoning, spurn, spurned, Spurning). (various references)

Czech

opuštìný (derelict, deserted, desolate, destitute, forlorn, forsaken, friendless, uninhabited). (various references)

Danish

uanbringelig bagage (abandoned luggage, left baggage, left luggage, unclaimed luggage), tabt trafik (abandoned traffic, lost traffic), startafbrydelse (abandoned take-off, aborted start, aborted take-off, rejected take-off), opgivet brønd (abandoned well), nedlagte lossepladser (abandoned waste disposal sites), nedlagt mine (abandoned mine), jord uden ejer (abandoned land), indstillet boring (abandoned well), hittegods (abandoned luggage, left baggage, left luggage, unclaimed luggage), herreloes bagage (abandoned luggage, left baggage, left luggage, unclaimed luggage), gamle forureninger (abandoned landfill), fraflyttet,potentielt forurenet grund (potentially dangerous abandoned site), fossil strandbred (abandoned beach), forladt mine (abandoned mine), forladt brønd (abandoned well). (various references)

Dutch

immoreel (abandonedly, nasty), gemeen (abject, base, low, nasty, vile). (various references)

Esperanto

senhonta, malmorala (nasty). (various references)

Finnish

autioksi jätetty (deserted). (various references)

French

abandonné. (various references)

Frisian

skamteleas (brazen, impudent). (various references)

German

verlassen (abandon, abandonment, derelict, derelicted, desert, deserted, desertion, desolate, evacuate, exit, forlorn, forsake, leave, lonely, loose, move away, quit, quitted, quitting, solitary, to derelict, to desert, to evacuate, to forlorn, to leave, untrodden), herrenlos (derelict, ownerless, stray, unappropriated, unclaimed, unidentified, unowned), aufgelassen (left open). (various references)

Greek 

έκλυτοσ (rake, rakish), έκθετος (exposed, foundling), εγκαταλειμμένοσ, εγκαταλελλειμένοσ. (various references)

Hebrew 

מוזנח (forsaken, neglected, seedy, slipshod, tacky, unkempt), משולח (delegate, emmisary, envoy, missionary), עזוב (derelict, deserted, forsaken), זנוח (deserted, forsaken, god forsaken, neglected), נטוש (derelict, deserted, extending, forsaken, immigrant, stranded). (various references)

Hungarian

feslett (lax, lewd, libertine, loose, profligate), elhagyatott (deserted, desolate, forlorn, friendless, gaunt, helpless, lone, lorn, neglected, recluse, secluded, solitary). (various references)

Icelandic

yfirgefinn (nasty). (various references)

Italian

abbandonato m. /abbandonata f., abbandonato (derelict, deserted, forlorn, forsaken, lonely, lovelorn, neglected, outcast), depravato /a. (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

棄児 (abandoned child, foundling). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

すてご (abandoned child, foundling), きじ (abandoned child, account, article, cloth, foundling, material, news story, ones true character, pheasant, report, texture, unglazed pottery, unpainted wood, wood grain), うばすてやま (mountain where old women were abandoned), いきかもつ (abandoned goods), はいざん (abandoned mine, decline, defeat, down-and-out, ruin), はいこう (abandoned mine, abandonedmine, abolition or closing of a school, disused mine), はいえん (neglected or abandoned garden, pneumonia, smoke), とうさん (bankruptcy, farmers who abandoned their fields and fled to the cities or other districts to evade onerous taxes, father, fleeing in all directions, insolvency), ちょうさん (farmers who abandoned their fields and fled to the cities or other districts to evade onerous taxes, fleeing in all directions). (various references)

Korean 

포기하는. (various references)

Manx

treigit (derelict, deserted, ditched, forlorn, forsaken, lorn, love-lorn, stranded), jiarg (bloodshot, burning, fair, fair intensive, florid, glowing, gules, live, red, rouge, ruddy, sanguine, stark, turned, turned as land), faagit (ditched, remaining, seasoned, stranded). (various references)

Pig Latin

abandoneday.(various references)

Portuguese

abandonado (abandonee, alone, bereaved, bereft, comfortless, derelict, forlorn, forsaken, godforsaken, helpless, lonely, lorn, love-lorn, outcast, sole, stranded, unattended, unattending, uncared-for, unrelieved, unused, waste). (various references)

Romanian

abandonat (derelict), pãrãsit (depopulated, derelict, deserted, desolate, forlorn, forsaken, godforsaken, lorn, neglected, rusty), nestãpânit (beyond control, boisterous, incontinent, insatiable, intemperate, irrepressible, unbroken, unrestrained, wayward), dezmãţat (meretricious), desfrânat (bad, debauched, dissipated, dissolute, incontinent, lewd, lickerish, lustful, man of pleasure, meretricious, profligate, raffish, rake, rakish, reinless, reprobate, reveller, ribald, rioter, riotous, rip, ruttish, salacious, unchaste, unrestrained, unruly, wanton, whoremaster). (various references)

Russian 

заброшенный (deserted, desolate, godforsaken, neglected, uncared for), покинутый (derelict, desolate, forlorn, forsaken, lorn, love-lorn), покидать заброшенный. (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

razvratan (cypriote, debauched, lecherous, lewd, libidinous, obscene, perverse, wild), razuzdan (lawless, licentious, outrageous, unbridled, uncurbed, wanton), raskalašan (dissipated, dissolute, fast, licentious, loose, rakish, rascally, riotous, swinging), napušten (bereaved, derelict, deserted, desolate, forsaken, lonely). (various references)

Spanish

abandonado (abandonee, derelict, deserted, desolate, forlorn, neglected, tackily, uncared for), dejado (abandonee, blowzy, dung, left, legacy, lost, relaxed, slovenly, untidy). (various references)

Swedish

övergiven (derelict, desolate, forlorn, forsaken, lorn, orphan, orphane). (various references)

Tagalog

waláng-hiyâ (brazen, impudent). (various references)

Turkish

arlanmaz (brazen, impudent), alçak (abject, base, baseborn, blackguard, contemptible, cowardly, dastardly, heel, humble, ignoble, lousy, low, low down, lowrise, misbegotten, nasty, nefarious, no good, rascally, ravisher, recreant, scoundrel, scoundrelly, short, sneak, sneaking, sneaky, sordid, squat, swab, swob, vile, villainous), ahlaksiz (nasty), ahlaksız (characterless, corrupt, debauched, depraved, dirty, disorderly, dissolute, frail, ill, immoral, impure, libertine, loose, low down, mean, purple, rascal, rascally, rep, reprobate, unclean, uncleanly, unmoral, unprincipled, unregenerate, unscrupulous, vicious, wanton, wicked), uçarı (debauchee, dissolute, fast, flighty, flippant, frivolous, giddy, rake, rip), terkedilmiş (derelict, deserted, desolate, disused, forlorn, forsaken, lovelorn, vacant), kullanılmayan (dead, disused, idle, obsolete, out of use, unappropriated, unserviceable, untapped, untravelled, unused), haylaz (good for nothing, idle, lazy, naughty, rapscallion, scamp, shiftless). (various references)

Ukrainian

розбещений (bad, corrupt, debauched, degenerate, depraved, filthy, licentious, miscreant, spoilt, wanton, wild), розпутний (cockish, immoral), нестримний (effusive, elemental, precipitous, runaway, side-splitting, splitting), нестриманий (bestial, expansive, immoderate, incontinent, inordinate, outgiving, unchecked, unreserved, unrestrained, unsuppressed), залишений (left over), покинутий (desert, deserted, desolate, forgotten, forlorn, forsaken, lone, lovelorn, outcast, solitary, waif). (various references)

Vietnamese 

truỵ lạc (depraved, libertine), bị ruồng bỏ phóng đãng, bị bỏ rơi (derelict, deserted, love-lorn, off-cast). (various references)

Welsh

afradlon (prodigal, wasteful), ofer (dissipated, idle, prodical, vain, waste). (various references)

Yucatec

xma' su'tal (brazen, impudent). (various references)

desertus, perditus, desolo, relicta, relictae, relicti, relictis, relictisque, relicto, relictos, relictum, relictus. (various references)

Misspellings

"Abandoned" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: abadoned, abandond, abandonded, abandone, abandonned, abbandoned, obandoned. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-2 letters: abandon.

-3 letters: aboded, banded, banned, bonded, donned.

-4 letters: abode, adobe, anode, baaed, baned, beano, boded, boned, bonne, donna, donne.

-5 letters: abed, aeon, anna, anoa, anon, bade, band, bane, bead, bean, bend, bode, bond, bone, dada, dado, dead, dean, dona, done, ebon, eddo, naan, nabe, nada, nana, neon, node, nona, none, odea.

+4 letters: nondegradable.

+5 letters: nondegradables.