as in abandoned
left unoccupied or unused
we had the deserted beach all to ourselves
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as in rejected
to leave (a cause or party) often in order to take up another
the volunteer became disillusioned with his candidate and deserted to a political rival
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as in left
to cause to remain behind
deserted the kids at the food court for some independent shopping
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Recent Examples of deserted
Hanna Wickes, Miami Herald, 15 Apr. 2026
The boy runs toward the water as the pair explore and play throughout the deserted park, including splashing in pools and moving through different areas of the facility.
—Hanna Wickes, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 15 Apr. 2026
As the pandemic set in, Garrison occasionally drove downtown in his Cadillac and met with Claude Kelly, the public defender, in his deserted office.
—Patrick Radden Keefe, New Yorker, 13 Apr. 2026
Activities include seeing the filming locations of the 2000 movie Cast Away, which follows a FedEx analyst (Hanks) who becomes stranded on a deserted island after his plane crashes, as well as a Captain’s dinner.
—Raven Brunner, PEOPLE, 5 Apr. 2026
For an additional charge, catamaran rentals, scuba diving, and visits to deserted islands can be arranged.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 31 Mar. 2026
Alberto Rodríguez, 73, limped with a cane down a deserted industrial street.
—Kate Linthicum, Los Angeles Times, 21 Mar. 2026
In his seventh feature collaboration with Scorsese, DiCaprio will join forces with Jennifer Lawrence, with the two playing a couple stranded in a deserted, snowy European town.
—Savannah Walsh, Vanity Fair, 16 Mar. 2026
The Black Forest is a region in southwestern Germany, about the size of the state of Delaware and home to around a million people—practically deserted, by German standards.
—Kendra Atleework, Longreads, 12 Mar. 2026
Sam Metz, Los Angeles Times, 15 Apr. 2026
As befits such an environment, his handling of tactile stuff—not just silk and fur but bread and brickwork, too—never deserted him.
—Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 13 Apr. 2026
But on Saturday, his powers of recovery deserted him, and – by the end of the day – so had his lead.
—Don Riddell, CNN Money, 13 Apr. 2026
On Saturday, two of Britain’s great strengths — fast starting and the ability to climb through the fleet after a poor start — both deserted them.
—Andrew Rice, New York Times, 11 Apr. 2026
The normally bustling streets of Islamabad were deserted Saturday morning as security forces sealed roads ahead of the talks.
—ABC News, 11 Apr. 2026
Albuquerque’s fleet had been struck by famine, and many of his men had deserted him.
—Sanat Pai Raikarall, Encyclopedia Britannica, 6 Apr. 2026
For 80 years the lighthouse sat deserted.
—Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 6 Apr. 2026
But that scoring has deserted them at an inopportune time.
—Steve Conroy, Boston Herald, 5 Apr. 2026
Adjective
The boy runs toward the water as the pair explore and play throughout the deserted park, splashing in pools and moving through different areas of the facility.
—Hanna Wickes, Miami Herald, 15 Apr. 2026
The boy runs toward the water as the pair explore and play throughout the deserted park, including splashing in pools and moving through different areas of the facility.
—Hanna Wickes, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 15 Apr. 2026
As the pandemic set in, Garrison occasionally drove downtown in his Cadillac and met with Claude Kelly, the public defender, in his deserted office.
—Patrick Radden Keefe, New Yorker, 13 Apr. 2026
Activities include seeing the filming locations of the 2000 movie Cast Away, which follows a FedEx analyst (Hanks) who becomes stranded on a deserted island after his plane crashes, as well as a Captain’s dinner.
—Raven Brunner, PEOPLE, 5 Apr. 2026
For an additional charge, catamaran rentals, scuba diving, and visits to deserted islands can be arranged.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 31 Mar. 2026
Alberto Rodríguez, 73, limped with a cane down a deserted industrial street.
—Kate Linthicum, Los Angeles Times, 21 Mar. 2026
In his seventh feature collaboration with Scorsese, DiCaprio will join forces with Jennifer Lawrence, with the two playing a couple stranded in a deserted, snowy European town.
—Savannah Walsh, Vanity Fair, 16 Mar. 2026
The Black Forest is a region in southwestern Germany, about the size of the state of Delaware and home to around a million people—practically deserted, by German standards.
—Kendra Atleework, Longreads, 12 Mar. 2026
Verb
But classrooms sat half-empty and the playground was deserted.
—Sam Metz, Los Angeles Times, 15 Apr. 2026
As befits such an environment, his handling of tactile stuff—not just silk and fur but bread and brickwork, too—never deserted him.
—Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 13 Apr. 2026
But on Saturday, his powers of recovery deserted him, and – by the end of the day – so had his lead.
—Don Riddell, CNN Money, 13 Apr. 2026
On Saturday, two of Britain’s great strengths — fast starting and the ability to climb through the fleet after a poor start — both deserted them.
—Andrew Rice, New York Times, 11 Apr. 2026
The normally bustling streets of Islamabad were deserted Saturday morning as security forces sealed roads ahead of the talks.
—ABC News, 11 Apr. 2026
Albuquerque’s fleet had been struck by famine, and many of his men had deserted him.
—Sanat Pai Raikarall, Encyclopedia Britannica, 6 Apr. 2026
For 80 years the lighthouse sat deserted.
—Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 6 Apr. 2026
But that scoring has deserted them at an inopportune time.
—Steve Conroy, Boston Herald, 5 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for deserted
Adjective
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The city has been overwhelmed in recent years by an influx of abandoned and stray dogs and puppies.—
Alyce McFadden,
San Francisco Chronicle,
13 Mar. 2026
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Antonia Noori Farzan The Providence Police Department is urging drivers to stay off the road, saying that stuck and abandoned cars are causing problems and preventing the city from getting back to normal.—
Eryn Dion,
The Providence Journal,
24 Feb. 2026
Verb
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Orbán rejected the accusations and denounced them as interference in Hungary’s sovereignty.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
17 Apr. 2026
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Richie said the company rejected the settlement demand and argued the state's workers' compensation program is the exclusive remedy for any injury in the workplace.—
Nicole Valdes,
CBS News,
16 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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It is already known that it will be located on the grounds of a disused former nursery and will include a large pond with a pergola.—
Valentine Ulgu-Servant,
Vanity Fair,
14 Apr. 2026
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The museum will be housed in a disused aquarium in Yeouido, Seoul’s main financial district.—
News Desk,
Artforum,
8 Apr. 2026
Verb
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During the chaos, community members like local restaurant owner Ron Grady stepped up to offer warm shelter and food to those who were stranded in the cold due to the massive multi-vehicle crash.—
Angel Saunders,
PEOPLE,
16 Apr. 2026
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Cervantes stranded the tying run at third base in the bottom of the eighth by retiring the final three batters after a leadoff triple by Ashley Orozco.—
Dan Albano,
Oc Register,
16 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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For myself, having a Wrangler is the perfect vehicle to just drive these desolate roads.—
Morgan Korn,
ABC News,
17 Apr. 2026
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Eastern New Mexico — dry, desolate — looks and feels very much like an appendage of West Texas.—
Mark Z. Barabak,
Mercury News,
14 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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Producers then planned to move the show into a vacant 42nd Street building that once housed New York’s Playboy Club, but after extensive renovations that turned the venue into a working Nashville-style honky-tonk bar, the run was scotched days before previews were to begin last March.—
Greg Evans,
Deadline,
16 Apr. 2026
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City workers began cleaning up a North Hollywood nuisance property on Thursday, after neighbors complained for a decade about the vacant residential lot where a home once stood.—
Julie Sharp,
CBS News,
16 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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When Ken Fulk and Kurt Wootton purchased what would become Durham Ranch—named after one of their dogs—the California wine country property was in disrepair, with a derelict 1940s ranch house and a handful of rickety outbuildings.—
Mark David,
Robb Report,
17 Mar. 2026
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This stretch of the park, an object of fascination for Urbano, contains an array of a hundred or so different models of public gaslights, now obsolete and semi-derelict.—
Javier Montes,
Artforum,
1 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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Tatis followed with an RBI hit-and-run dribbler through a vacated second-base spot for a 2-0 lead.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
19 Apr. 2026
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Tatis followed with an RBI hit-and-run dribbler through a vacated second-base spot for a 2-0 lead.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
18 Apr. 2026
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“Deserted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/deserted. Accessed 21 Apr. 2026.
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