deserted.

Empty of people who would normally occupy or use it.

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Words that belong together

• deserted square
• deserted station
• deserted neighborhood

On the page

The deserted station still displayed the morning departure times.

At noon on the holiday, even the main shopping street was deserted.

She crossed the deserted square quickly, conscious of having no witnesses.

Usage notes

Primary category: setting. May describe temporary emptiness or lasting abandonment. Empty of people is the focus; it does not imply physical decay or a desert climate. Comparative: more deserted; superlative: most deserted, for relative emptiness. Participial source verb [base, third-person present, past, past participle, -ing]: desert, deserts, deserted, deserted, deserting. Record these as same-lexeme form aliases, not additional vocabulary entries.