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adjective

Definition of maroonednext
as in abandoned

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marooned

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verb

past tense of maroon
as in stranded
to cause to remain behind sailors marooned on a desert island

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  1. abandoned
  2. stranded
  3. feeble
  4. unarmed
  5. high and dry
Adjective
  • According to the nonprofit, Kristin Davis found the abandoned and weak elephant calf while on a trip near Kenya's Chyulu Hills.
    Kelli Bender, People.com, 15 Oct. 2024
  • Seen in a video that moves through the abandoned and disarrayed hallways of the pediatric intensive care unit at Al-Nasr Children’s Hospital in northern Gaza were several babies whose unattended bodies lay on separate hospital beds.
    Yasmine Salam, NBC News, 2 Dec. 2023
Definition of abandoned
Verb
  • Mass cancellations and delays were the norm — and then when travelers ended up stranded and there was no incentive for airlines to provide any sort of compensation.
    Opheli Garcia Lawlor, Travel + Leisure, 10 Dec. 2024
  • The first time anyone saw the whale in the flesh was in 2010, when a mother and calf were stranded in the Bay of Plenty on New Zealand’s North Island, but the carcasses weren’t suitable for dissection.
    Lex Harvey, CNN, 10 Dec. 2024
Definition of stranded
Adjective
  • The antihero actioner earned a feeble $4.7 million across Friday and preview screenings from 3,211 locations.
    J. Kim Murphy, Variety, 14 Dec. 2024
  • Those with muscle dysmorphia usually have a belief or preoccupation that their body is weak, feeble, too small, or not muscular enough.
    Sean Mowbray, Discover Magazine, 3 Dec. 2024
Definition of feeble
Adjective
  • The prosecution, in turn, said passengers’ fear of Neely was valid but that Penny did not need to use deadly physical force to address it – or subdue the unarmed Neely once everyone was off the train.
    Molly Crane-Newman, New York Daily News, 9 Dec. 2024
  • On Sunday, videos circulated of Assad statues being knocked down to much fanfare by unarmed people in predominantly Alawite areas, a reminder that belonging to the group was never a ticket to greater status or even a guarantee of safety—the Assads detained Alawite opponents, too.
    Rania Abouzeid, The New Yorker, 8 Dec. 2024
Definition of unarmed
Adjective
  • When our unused fields are high and dry and the neighbors next to them are underwater, that’s a problem.
    Susannah Bryan, Sun Sentinel, 31 July 2024
  • But her wife ended up leaving her and left her high and dry.
    KiMi Robinson, USA TODAY, 31 Oct. 2024
Definition of high and dry
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