deserted
adjUK /dɪˈzɜː(ɹ)tɪd/ · US /dəˈzɜɹtəd/
1
Of a place Abandoned, without people.
- Ahead the flanks of the Pennines gleamed faintly in the moonlight, looking as though they themselves were part of some dry and deserted lunar landscape.1960 January, G. Freeman Allen, “"Condor"—British Railways' fastest freight train”, in Trains Illustrated, page 48:
- On arrival at Birmingham New Street, I make my way upstairs to the mezzanine to get shots of an almost deserted concourse, polka-dotted with social distancing circles like some strange board-game.2020 December 2, Paul Bigland, “My weirdest and wackiest Rover yet”, in Rail, page 68:
2
desolate
- Derived terms
- desertedness, nondeserted, undeserted