deserted

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When we got on, the train was deserted, and we had free reign to do whatever we wanted.

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forsaken by owner or inhabitants ; "weed-grown yard of an abandoned farmhouse"

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adjective

forsaken by owner or inhabitants ; "weed-grown yard of an abandoned farmhouse"

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for deserted.

adjective

forsaken by owner or inhabitants ; "weed-grown yard of an abandoned farmhouse"

Example sentences

When we got on, the train was deserted, and we had free reign to do whatever we wanted.

America's ghost towns were once thriving and now are deserted.

There were plenty of people out, plenty of pictures from people shooting photos of deserted freeways and streets.

For example:"I'm quite certain that if camping were banned at that store, the place would be deserted and it would make far less money.

Of course, it was deserted due to the weather, so the entire area received safety ratings of around 0.

On a deserted highway however the car is in trouble unless it can spot the debris from a very far distance, it seems.

Another student, less fortunate, may find himself stranded in a deserted place where there is no one that can hear him and there is no one for him to speak to.

You could let go of the e-brake, and roll down the mountain in reverse, but there is just a deserted valley at the bottom - it would not improve your situation.

Locked themselves into a niche community of 22-35yr old womenThis is like being stranded on a deserted island surrounded by a blue ocean made out of money.

Either they intended to land/crash the plane somewhere and failed, or the plane was the target and it's now sitting in some deserted desert airstrip getting retrofitted for whatever mission it is intended for.