Abandoned and Cancelled

Abandoned

Abandoned adjective - Left unoccupied or unused.

Cancelled and abandoned are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Cancelled" instead an adjective "Abandoned".

Nearby Words: abandon, abandonment, abandoning

Cancelled

Cancelled adjective - (of events) no longer planned or scheduled.

Abandoned and cancelled are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Abandoned" instead an adjective "Cancelled".

Mutual synonyms

Both words in one sentence

  • My Hero Zero Zero Enna in Candidate for Goddess was supposed to be a Messianic Archetype or something, and probably would have gotten there had the show not been cancelled/abandoned.
    Source: My Hero Zero
  • The book quickly veered off course into a tie-in to Infinity involving one of the new Inhumans, and abandoned the Daisy subplot before being cancelled.
    Source: Aborted Arc
  • Audiences abandoned the series; the decision to revert back to a more serious storytelling model for Season 4 was too little, too late, and the once-popular show was cancelled by midseason.
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