What does deserted mean?
Deserted means simple past and past participle of desert.
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/dɪˈzɜː(ɹ)tɪd/ · verb
simple past and past participle of desert.
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.
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.
Use deserted when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Deserted means simple past and past participle of desert.
Common synonyms include derelict, forsaken, abandoned, desert.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
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.
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