Definition of Deserted

Adjective: deserted di'zur-tid

Empty of people and unused, not maintained by the owner or inhabitants
"weed-grown yard of a deserted farmhouse";
- abandoned, derelict

Verb: desert de-zu(r)t

Leave someone who needs or counts on you; leave in the lurch
"The mother deserted her children";
- abandon, forsake, desolate
Leave (a cause, a country or an army), often in order to join the opposing cause, country, or army
"If soldiers deserted Hitler's army, they were shot";
- defect
Leave behind
"the students deserted the campus after the end of exam period"