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adjective

Definition of forsakennext
as in deserted
left unoccupied or unused the forsaken paper mill was now a rusting wreck

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forsaken

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verb

past participle of forsake
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 Synonyms for forsaken
  1. abandoned
  2. disused
  3. desolate
  4. derelict
Verb
  • By Wednesday morning, Albertsons abandoned the merger and filed a lawsuit against Kroger, alleging a willful breach of contract for not doing enough to win regulatory approval for the merger.
    Alina Selyukh, NPR, 11 Dec. 2024
  • Tesla deliveries are below expectations, Volvo has moved back its 2030 100% EV timeline, General Motors abandoned its 1-million-vehicle 2025 sales goal, and Ford has shifted some EV production back to internal combustion vehicles, the note reported.
    Russ Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 11 Dec. 2024
Definition of abandoned
Adjective
  • McQueen spends half an hour dispassionately showing us the grimness of HMP Maze, a Troubles-era warehouse for enemies of the British state on a disused airfield.
    IndieWire Staff, IndieWire, 12 Aug. 2024
  • In his first five night-shift stints as watchman at a disused ’80s amusement park/arcade mall — Freddy Fazbear’s Pizza Place — Mike stares glaze-eyed at security monitors, then drifts into violent 3-D incidents, His circumstance incarnates the hell that Morrissey sings about.
    Armond White, National Review, 1 Nov. 2023
Definition of disused
Adjective
  • Before sheriff’s deputies found his body on Thanksgiving morning last year, shot to death in a desolate stretch of warehouses and pallet yards west of Compton, Eduardo Escobedo Sr. had become rich beyond his dreams.
    Matthew Ormseth, Los Angeles Times, 27 Nov. 2024
  • They will be relished between rounds inside the most desolate dive bars on the most depressing days.
    Brooks Kubena, The Athletic, 25 Nov. 2024
Definition of desolate
Adjective
  • The problem is especially visible in low-income neighborhoods and the outer-boroughs, where there are more derelict spaces for the animals to roam.
    Molly Osberg, Curbed, 10 July 2024
  • Abbott has accused President Joe Biden and his administration of being derelict in securing the border.
    Marley Malenfant, Austin American-Statesman, 22 Mar. 2024
Definition of derelict
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