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deserted

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verb

past tense of desert

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for deserted
Adjective
  • The 33 towns being considered for this project, which are expected to meet final approval in the coming weeks, are all on the brink of extinction with the number of empty and abandoned houses outnumbering those that are inhabited.
    Barbie Latza Nadeau, CNN, 21 Mar. 2025
  • The team had a group task to accomplish, yes, but at every checkpoint, people had to make the decision to be selfish or selfless, and the selfish ones got rewarded while the selfless were left abandoned and miserable on the loch.
    Joe Reid, Vulture, 7 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • On his release, Stern went on to spend the 1950s ping-ponging between New York and California, for a time living on a disused laundry barge in Sausalito.
    News Desk, Artforum, 3 Mar. 2025
  • One of the most powerful scenes in Sugarcane takes place in a disused barn where, over a period of decades, Indigenous children worked under the lash.
    Matthew Carey, Deadline, 8 Feb. 2025
Verb
  • 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
  • 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
Adjective
  • For starters, no one would ever describe them as empty or desolate.
    Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 27 June 2025
  • Of the 14 missiles, 13 were intercepted, with the final munition allowed to land harmlessly in a desolate area.
    Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 24 June 2025
Adjective
  • With one seat vacant, there are 10 people on the Tarrant GOP Executive Committee, according to the Tarrant GOP website.
    Cody Copeland, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 1 July 2025
  • That includes taking over a vacant adjacent strip center, adding thousands of square feet of retail space, more than 600 residential units and a central, green space to be called The Square.
    David Moin, Footwear News, 30 June 2025
Adjective
  • Two local guys had the idea of turning the derelict elevated railroad tracks into a garden walkway—the High Line.
    Ian Frazier, New Yorker, 9 June 2025
  • In a city that hit its 175th birthday in February, there are many derelict or underutilized buildings, particularly on the grid.
    Graham Womack, Sacbee.com, 8 June 2025
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“Deserted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/deserted. Accessed 5 Jul. 2025.

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