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semiabandoned en · ADJ

Etymology

From semi- + abandoned.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Not completely abandoned, but neglected or rarely visited.
    • Many dwellings have been semiabandoned as inhabitants have moved to farms on the plain to return mainly for summer or for festivals. 1981, George Everard Kidder Smith, The Architecture of the United States: The Plains States and Far West: