abandoned person

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   someone for whom hope has been abandoned

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Questions about abandoned person

What does abandoned person mean?

abandoned person means "someone for whom hope has been abandoned".

Is abandoned person a common word?

abandoned person is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.