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View definitions for marooned

marooned

adjective as in beached

adjective as in high and dry

adjective as in left

adjective as in shipwrecked

adverb as in aground

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Example Sentences

It is not happening, with pressure now increasing on the manager alongside the possibility they could become marooned at the bottom.

From BBC

But most Indian workers are effectively marooned in the so-called informal sector — laboring at roadside stalls, in small shops and in itinerant trades where they have no guarantee of income or the possibility of advancement.

After several trips evacuating wounded men from Dien Bien Phu, she was marooned there at the end of March 1954 when her plane sprung an oil leak.

From BBC

If there’s a fashion lesson to be had from “Palm Royale,” it’s that you can look fabulous even if you’re broke, marooned at sea — or, say, in a coma.

They were marooned in the midst of the room.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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