Abandoned and Decayed

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Abandoned adjective - Left unoccupied or unused.

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

Nearby Words: abandon, abandonment, abandoning

Decayed adjective - Having lost forcefulness, courage, or spirit.

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Abandoned and decayed are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Abandoned" instead an adjective "Decayed".

Nearby Words: decay, decaying

Doomsday has many scenes of a decayed and abandoned Glasgow in the aftermath of a plague.

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Atlas Shrugged has an anvilicious example, where Dagny Taggart and Hank Rearden discover a prototype perpetual motion machine abandoned and decayed in the gutted ruins of the Twentieth Century Motor Company.

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Atlas Shrugged has an anvilicious subversion, where Dagny Taggart and Hank Rearden discover a prototype perpetual motion machine abandoned and decayed in the gutted ruins of the Twentieth Century Motor Company, along with the plans and theoretical research that led to it.

Source: No Plans, No Prototype, No Backup

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