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adjective

Definition of maroonednext
as in abandoned

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marooned

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verb

past tense of maroon
as in stranded
to cause to remain behind sailors marooned on a desert island

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  1. abandoned
  2. stranded
  3. feeble
  4. unarmed
  5. high and dry
Adjective
  • A day later his car was found abandoned but undamaged in a parking lot near Congaree National Park about 20 miles southeast of Columbia.
    Greg Evans, Deadline, 3 Jan. 2025
  • According to the nonprofit, Kristin Davis found the abandoned and weak elephant calf while on a trip near Kenya's Chyulu Hills.
    Kelli Bender, People.com, 15 Oct. 2024
Definition of abandoned
Verb
  • Helene destroyed homes and roads, stranded residents without phone service and water, and claimed the lives of nearly 250 people throughout the Southeast.
    Emily Shapiro, ABC News, 26 Dec. 2024
  • According to a post on the fire department's Instagram, the pet managed to swim to a nearby island, roughly 75 feet offshore, where the dog became stranded.
    Rachel Raposas, People.com, 26 Dec. 2024
Definition of stranded
Adjective
  • The antihero actioner earned a feeble $4.7 million across Friday and preview screenings from 3,211 locations.
    J. Kim Murphy, Variety, 14 Dec. 2024
  • What a degrading finale for Biden’s feeble, forgettable, frequently foolish presidency.
    Bret Stephens, The Mercury News, 3 Dec. 2024
Definition of feeble
Adjective
  • The investigation stemmed from decades of scandals, such as a 1994 murder ordered by a corrupt officer and the police cover-up of unarmed civilian killings after Hurricane Katrina.
    Michael Gfoeller And David H. Rundell, Newsweek, 15 Jan. 2025
  • And the perception of personal safety, and the agency’s spending on unarmed security and dog teams to address that perception, remains a focal point for the CTA board.
    Sarah Freishtat, Chicago Tribune, 15 Jan. 2025
Definition of unarmed
Adjective
  • And while the company has sports rights, its hoards them for CBS and Paramount+, leaving the cable channels high and dry.
    Alex Weprin, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 Dec. 2024
  • A lot of members of boy bands — and there are a lot of them — had managers who left them high and dry.
    Pamela McClintock, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Dec. 2024
Definition of high and dry
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