stranded

¹

[ stran-did ]

adjective

1. left helpless or without transport:

   Officials said many people remained stranded even though floodwaters were receding.

   Synonyms: abandoned, left in the lurch, forsaken, deserted

stranded

²

[ stran-did ]

adjective

1. composed of a specified number or kind of strands (usually used in combination):

   a five-stranded rope.

Other Words From

• strand·ed·ness noun
• un·strand·ed adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of stranded¹

First recorded in 1700–10 in its literal sense “run or driven ashore,” and in its figurative sense in 1850–55; strand ¹( def ) + -ed ²( def )

Origin of stranded²

First recorded in 1805–15; strand ² + -ed ³

Example Sentences

The Beechcraft was sent to Catalina to retrieve a flight instructor and two student pilots who were stranded on the island the afternoon of Oct.

From Los Angeles Times

The stranded group contacted the flight school they rented the plane from and were told that another plane would pick them up and fly them back to Santa Monica Airport.

From Los Angeles Times

Trump might think that by withdrawing from the world, he can spare the U.S. from war—but war would come anyway, and eventually we would be either pulled in or left stranded in a world that’s hostile to our interests and values.

From Slate

Migrants stranded for years on the remote Indian Ocean island of Diego Garcia will be offered the right to come to the UK, under a government proposal.

From BBC

Because this is a horror movie, the Sawyers respond to neglect with a hyperbolic strain of violently deranged decompensation, treating the humans stranded on their land as livestock.

From Slate

Related Words

• aground
• ashore
• grounded
• helpless
• wrecked