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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.



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Other 51Թ Forms

  • ܲd·Ļ adjective
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of deserted1

First recorded in 1620–30; desert 2 + -ed 2
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Team officials attempted to break up the players, as some spectators deserted their seats.

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"We found this statistic: half a million people used to walk across Westminster Bridge, take a picture of the Houses of Parliament and then walk back north. The Southbank in 1993-94 was deserted."

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"Places were dimly lit and there was no heating, apart from in our hotel rooms," he said, noting a trip to a cold, dark and deserted art gallery.

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It is lined with destroyed, almost deserted villages and towns.

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But once it gets dark the streets are almost deserted.

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