Given Up As Hopelessly Wicked Crossword Clue

We think the answer is "ABANDONED" which means:

adjective satellite
• • Forsaken by owner or inhabitants
• • Unrestrained and uninhibited
verb
• • To give up or relinquish control of, to surrender or to give oneself over, or to yield to one's emotions.
• • To desist in doing, practicing, following, holding, or adhering to; to turn away from; to permit to lapse; to renounce; to discontinue.
• • To leave behind; to desert as in a ship or a position, typically in response to overwhelming odds or impending dangers; to forsake, in spite of a duty or responsibility.
• • To subdue; to take control of.
• • To cast out; to banish; to expel; to reject.
• • To no longer exercise a right, title, or interest, especially with no interest of reclaiming it again; to yield; to relinquish.
• • To surrender to the insurer (an insured item), so as to claim a total loss.
adjective
• • Having given oneself up to vice; immoral; extremely wicked, or sinning without restraint; irreclaimably wicked.
• • No longer maintained by its former owners, residents or caretakers; forsaken, deserted.
• • Free from constraint; uninhibited.
• • No longer being acted upon by the geologic forces that formed it.

An example sentence would be:

• • "The abandoned house was overgrown with weeds."
• • "The abandoned dog wandered the streets in search of food."

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