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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
  • The flames stranded half a dozen boaters, who were forced to shelter in place lakeside, officials said.
    Sandra McDonald, Los Angeles Times, 4 Oct. 2024
  • But before Morrison knew it, the clubs had closed and he was stranded under a metal awning at a pizzeria in a state of growing panic.
    Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 4 Oct. 2024
Definition of stranded
Adjective
  • Low wages, high youth unemployment and a feeble social safety net mean China’s household spending is less than 40% of annual economic output, some 20 percentage points below the global average.
    Reuters, CNN, 11 Oct. 2024
  • The economy has been weighed down by the weakness of its industrial sector amid Russia’s shutdown in natural gas supplies after the invasion of Ukraine, as well as feeble Chinese demand and the car industry’s difficulties in pivoting to electric vehicles.
    Eleanor Pringle, Fortune Europe, 8 Oct. 2024
Definition of feeble
Adjective
  • Former Columbus police officer Adam Coy was found guilty of murder in the fatal 2020 shooting of 47-year-old Andre Hill, an unarmed Black man.
    Alissa Widman Neese, Axios, 4 Nov. 2024
  • Former Columbus, Ohio, police officer Adam Coy was found guilty of murder on Monday in the shooting death of Andre Hill, an unarmed Black man.
    Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2024
Definition of unarmed
Adjective
  • But her wife ended up leaving her and left her high and dry.
    KiMi Robinson, USA TODAY, 31 Oct. 2024
  • So instead of having the option for buying a PS5 Pro with or without a disc drive (the practice Sony started with the very first PS5 at launch), you’re only left high and dry to get your own.
    Antonio G. Di Benedetto, The Verge, 11 Sep. 2024
Definition of high and dry
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