godforsaken
adjective
god·for·sak·en
ˈgäd-fər-ˌsā-kən 
Examples of godforsaken in a Sentence
Who would want to visit such a godforsaken place?
grew up in the kind of godforsaken town in which everyone drank in order to forget that they were there
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The federal dollars were to build 61 wildlife crossings and install 68 miles of protective fencing in a godforsaken desert area beside U.S. Highway 93 in southern Nevada.
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Noël Fletcher, Forbes.com, 28 Mar. 2025
Viewed from a distance through a telephoto lens, his demise in a godforsaken town, at the hands of Somoza’s troops, is random, scruffy, and dumb.
—Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 3 Mar. 2025
First, the company claims credit for turning central Florida from a godforsaken wasteland into a thriving economic engine for the entire state.
—Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 26 Apr. 2023
Deep down part of me hoped that this godforsaken place would burn to the ground — after all the prisoners had escaped, of course.
—Kylie Moore-Gilbert, CNN, 24 Oct. 2022
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Noël Fletcher, Forbes.com, 28 Mar. 2025
Viewed from a distance through a telephoto lens, his demise in a godforsaken town, at the hands of Somoza’s troops, is random, scruffy, and dumb.
—Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 3 Mar. 2025
First, the company claims credit for turning central Florida from a godforsaken wasteland into a thriving economic engine for the entire state.
—Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 26 Apr. 2023
Deep down part of me hoped that this godforsaken place would burn to the ground — after all the prisoners had escaped, of course.
—Kylie Moore-Gilbert, CNN, 24 Oct. 2022
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godforsaken
adjective
god·for·sak·en
-fər-ˌsā-kən
: remote entry 1 sense 1, desolate
the most godforsaken place in the world
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