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

This is a potential headache for Sir Keir, as he battles to hold on to left-wing voters, many of whom had already deserted Labour for the Greens at the last election.

From BBC

That touch has deserted them in the last while.

From BBC

The streets of Patras were deserted on Wednesday, save for some residents watching in silence as the fires descended from the surrounding mountains.

From BBC

“Our band was born out of a time when we hated our dad,” Benji says of the parent who deserted his family when the brothers were about 13.

From Los Angeles Times

Nowadays, with the film business contracting around blockbusters, the little pictures, the B pictures and the silly pictures have deserted the theaters for television which, in its streaming multiplicity, has room to absorb them.

From Los Angeles Times

Related Words

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