Abandoned and Needed

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Abandoned adjective - Left unoccupied or unused.

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Needed and abandoned are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Needed" instead a verb "Abandoned".

Nearby Words: abandon, abandonment, abandoning

Needed adjective - Impossible to do without.

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Abandoned and needed are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Abandoned" instead a verb "Needed".

Nearby Words: need, needs, needy, needful, needing

Maybe it's because the whole lot of you abandoned Twilight when she needed you most, thinking she was a jealous liar when every word she spoke was the truth?!

Source: Fan Fic / The Equestrian Wind Mage
Shinji doesn't show it outwardly in Once More with Feeling, but hes traumatized because he abandoned his lifes love when she needed him the most, and he let her die.

Source: Heartbroken Badass
Even needed an invitation to enter a long-abandoned cabin that obviously had no inhabitants or owners.

Source: Manga / Princess Resurrection

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