deserted
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[edit]Verb
[edit]deserted
- simple past and past participle of desert
Adjective
[edit]deserted (comparative more deserted, superlative most deserted)
- (of a place) Abandoned, without people.
- Synonyms: derelict, forsaken; see also Thesaurus:abandoned, Thesaurus:uninhabited
- 1960 January, G. Freeman Allen, “"Condor"—British Railways' fastest freight train”, in Trains Illustrated, page 48:
- Ahead the flanks of the Pennines gleamed faintly in the moonlight, looking as though they themselves were part of some dry and deserted lunar landscape.
- 2020 December 2, Paul Bigland, “My weirdest and wackiest Rover yet”, in Rail, page 68:
- On arrival at Birmingham New Street, I make my way upstairs to the mezzanine to get shots of an almost deserted concourse, polka-dotted with social distancing circles like some strange board-game.
- desolate (Can we add an example for this sense?)
Derived terms
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[edit]abandoned
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desolate
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