abandoned

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Etymology 1 1.2.1 Verb 1.3 Etymology 2 1.3.1 Adjective 1.3.1.1 Derived terms 1.3.1.2 Synonyms 1.3.1.3 Translations 1.3.1.4 Shorthand

[edit] English

[edit] Pronunciation

• (RP) IPA: /əˈbændənd/
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[edit] Etymology 1

Past tense of the verb to abandon.

[edit] Verb

abandoned

1. Simple past tense and past participle of abandon.

[edit] Etymology 2

From the past participle of to abandon, formed with -ed.

[edit] Adjective

abandoned (comparative more abandoned, superlative most abandoned)

1. Forsaken, deserted.

   Your abandoned streams. - Thomson

2. Self-abandoned, or given up to vice; extremely wicked, or sinning without restraint; irreclaimably wicked ; as, an abandoned villain.

[edit] Derived terms

• abandonedness

[edit] Synonyms

[edit] Translations

[edit] Shorthand

• Gregg (Version: Centennial,Series 90,DJS,Simplified): a - b - a - n - dn - d

(Version: Anniversary,Pre-Anniversary): a - b - a - nd - disjoined t