different between abandoned vs semiabandoned

English

Etymology

From Middle English abandoned, equivalent to abandon +? -ed.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /??bæn.dn?d/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /??bæn.dn?d/

Adjective

abandoned (comparative more abandoned, superlative most abandoned)

1. Having given oneself up to vice; immoral; extremely wicked, or sinning without restraint; irreclaimably wicked. [First attested from 1350 to 1470]
2. No longer maintained by its former owners, residents, or caretakers; forsaken, deserted. [Late 15th century]
3. Free from constraint; uninhibited. [Late 17th century]
4. (geology) No longer being acted upon by the geologic forces that formed it.

Synonyms

Antonyms

Derived terms

• abandonedness

Translations

Verb

abandoned

1. simple past tense and past participle of abandon

References

English

Etymology

semi- +? abandoned

Adjective

semiabandoned (not comparable)

1. Not completely abandoned, but neglected or rarely visited.
   • 1981, George Everard Kidder Smith, The Architecture of the United States: The Plains States and Far West

     Many dwellings have been semiabandoned as inhabitants have moved to farms on the plain to return mainly for summer or for festivals.