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adjective

Definition of forsakennext
as in deserted
left unoccupied or unused the forsaken paper mill was now a rusting wreck

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verb

past participle of forsake
as in abandoned
to cause to remain behind forsaking most of our possessions, we evacuated just before the hurricane struck

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  1. abandoned
  2. disused
  3. desolate
  4. derelict
Verb
  • Women also bear a disproportionate share of housework and are more likely to be abandoned if diagnosed with a severe illness, compared to men.
    Mark Travers, Forbes, 24 Dec. 2024
  • After negotiating a bipartisan agreement to keep the government open through until the middle of March 2025, which tech mogul Elon Musk effectively torpedoed, Johnson abandoned the package.
    Annabella Rosciglione, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 23 Dec. 2024
Definition of abandoned
Adjective
  • McQueen spends half an hour dispassionately showing us the grimness of HMP Maze, a Troubles-era warehouse for enemies of the British state on a disused airfield.
    IndieWire Staff, IndieWire, 12 Aug. 2024
  • In his first five night-shift stints as watchman at a disused ’80s amusement park/arcade mall — Freddy Fazbear’s Pizza Place — Mike stares glaze-eyed at security monitors, then drifts into violent 3-D incidents, His circumstance incarnates the hell that Morrissey sings about.
    Armond White, National Review, 1 Nov. 2023
Definition of disused
Adjective
  • Feel the breeze in your hair by renting a Jeep and venturing on dirt roads across windswept rocky terrain, discovering petroglyphs and desolate beaches along the way.
    Paul Rubio, AFAR Media, 23 Dec. 2024
  • In spring 2019, when the city bought the majority of the site from the Michigan Land Bank for $7 million, the area was desolate and brimming with empty buildings.
    Elissa Robinson, Detroit Free Press, 19 Dec. 2024
Definition of desolate
Adjective
  • Denver’s Landmark Preservation Commission on Tuesday gave the green light to demolish two historic but derelict buildings on East Colfax Avenue, with all but one board member agreeing the multimillion-dollar restorations would be an economic hardship to the owner.
    Katie Langford, The Denver Post, 18 Dec. 2024
  • The power station, which is famous for gracing the cover of the Pink Floyd album Animals, was decommissioned in 1983 and lay derelict for almost 30 years.
    Jamie Hailstone, Forbes, 18 Dec. 2024
Definition of derelict
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