as in deserted
left unoccupied or unused
the forsaken paper mill was now a rusting wreck
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as in abandoned
to cause to remain behind
forsaking most of our possessions, we evacuated just before the hurricane struck
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Recent Examples of forsaken
Laura Waxmann, San Francisco Chronicle, 3 Apr. 2026
Swift rewrites the forsaken lover's fate through her own lens.
—Bryan West, USA Today, 3 Oct. 2025
All those lonesome, forsaken, snuffed-out lives.
—Huda Fakhreddine
august 28, Literary Hub, 28 Aug. 2025
Kate Aurthur, Variety, 9 June 2026
Originally built as peasant dwellings and then long forsaken by locals, many trulli in the town center and the surrounding countryside have now been renovated and transformed into holiday homes or B&Bs, shops, and restaurants.
—Laura Itzkowitz, AFAR Media, 21 Jan. 2026
In her resignation video, Greene said the president has forsaken the MAGA base, specifically pointing to his support of the crypto and pharmaceutical industries.
—Lesley Stahl, CBS News, 8 Dec. 2025
The president has not only broken with the policy of the Biden administration but also seems to have forsaken the strategic direction of his own first term.
—Lael Brainard, Foreign Affairs, 10 Nov. 2025
In practice, that means neither Croatia nor Serbia claims them, although officials say that does not mean they have been forsaken.
—Richard Collett, CNN Money, 29 Oct. 2025
The drama is set in the mid-1990s and follows a pivotal day in the life of Murphy’s eponymous character and his students amidst a world that has forsaken them.
—Nancy Tartaglione, Deadline, 8 Oct. 2025
American brands such as Marc Jacobs, Alexander Wang, and the Row have often forsaken New York Fashion Week to show in Paris or on their own schedules, or not at all.
—Ana Karina Zatarain, New Yorker, 19 Sep. 2025
Adjective
The funding infusion represents the second significant capital raised toward the sweeping project, which so far has involved entities connected to Mehta purchasing half a dozen properties on three blocks of Fillmore between Clay and Pine streets, including the forsaken theater.
—Laura Waxmann, San Francisco Chronicle, 3 Apr. 2026
Swift rewrites the forsaken lover's fate through her own lens.
—Bryan West, USA Today, 3 Oct. 2025
All those lonesome, forsaken, snuffed-out lives.
—Huda Fakhreddine
august 28, Literary Hub, 28 Aug. 2025
Verb
By the end of that series, Kim had forsaken her lawless life in Albuquerque and moved to a Florida suburb, giving up her legal career to work in peace at a sprinkler company.
—Kate Aurthur, Variety, 9 June 2026
Originally built as peasant dwellings and then long forsaken by locals, many trulli in the town center and the surrounding countryside have now been renovated and transformed into holiday homes or B&Bs, shops, and restaurants.
—Laura Itzkowitz, AFAR Media, 21 Jan. 2026
In her resignation video, Greene said the president has forsaken the MAGA base, specifically pointing to his support of the crypto and pharmaceutical industries.
—Lesley Stahl, CBS News, 8 Dec. 2025
The president has not only broken with the policy of the Biden administration but also seems to have forsaken the strategic direction of his own first term.
—Lael Brainard, Foreign Affairs, 10 Nov. 2025
In practice, that means neither Croatia nor Serbia claims them, although officials say that does not mean they have been forsaken.
—Richard Collett, CNN Money, 29 Oct. 2025
The drama is set in the mid-1990s and follows a pivotal day in the life of Murphy’s eponymous character and his students amidst a world that has forsaken them.
—Nancy Tartaglione, Deadline, 8 Oct. 2025
American brands such as Marc Jacobs, Alexander Wang, and the Row have often forsaken New York Fashion Week to show in Paris or on their own schedules, or not at all.
—Ana Karina Zatarain, New Yorker, 19 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for forsaken
Adjective
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There are luxurious high-rise towers overlooking the Mekong River, where entire floors are now deserted following police raids that cleared out the illicit operations hidden there.—
Shibani Mahtani,
NPR,
21 June 2026
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Some areas would remain deserted for over a decade, because of the risk of radiation poisoning.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
17 June 2026
Verb
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Students who entered college eager to study literature or history sometimes abandoned those fields because classrooms became places of discomfort rather than intellectual growth.—
Marybeth Gasman,
Forbes.com,
21 June 2026
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Vazquez abandoned her black bike on the corner next to Pinch Kitchen + Bar.—
Kairi Lowery,
Miami Herald,
21 June 2026
Adjective
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Mike Braun opened the Speedway Slammer at an Indiana prison, Jim Pillen opened the Cornhusker Clink at a Nebraska work camp, and Jeff Landry opened the Louisiana Lockup in a disused wing of Angola penitentiary.—
Eric Schlosser,
The Atlantic,
4 June 2026
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For months, the fighters had been quietly clearing a disused water tunnel just over 2 miles long, deep behind enemy lines in the countryside around Aleppo.—
Emily Feng,
NPR,
17 May 2026
Adjective
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Wilderness Little Kulala is about a 45-minute drive outside the park, located in a seemingly desolate rocky plain with harsh, jagged mountains interspersed throughout the flatlands.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
19 June 2026
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Most of the women disappeared between 2000 and 2010, and most of their remains were found on a desolate parkway not far from Long Island’s Gilgo Beach, some 50 miles (80 kilometers) from Manhattan.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
17 June 2026
Adjective
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Once the colony grew, the birds roosted in a derelict military barracks nearby, later returning to the pine forest when the facility was renovated.—
Amarachi Orie,
CNN Money,
14 May 2026
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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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“Forsaken.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/forsaken. Accessed 24 Jun. 2026.
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