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stranded

/ˈstɹændɪd/

verb

participle, past simple past and past participle of strand

adjective

not comparable, of a person Abandoned or marooned. I found myself stranded, lunchless, on the sea-front[…]
not comparable, of a vessel Run aground on a shore or reef.
not comparable, of a word or phrase that can take a complement Not having any expressed complement.
not comparable, of a piece of wire Made by combining or bundling thinner wires (into a strand).
not comparable, of expenses or costs That has become unrecoverable or difficult to recover. With utility deregulation, undepreciated equipment which is now redundant may have to be allocated as stranded costs.
not comparable Narrowly missing scoring a century or similar milestone because one's team's innings ends.
in compounds, not comparable Having the specified number or kind of strands. single-stranded, double-stranded, triple-stranded

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: aground, isolated, unaccompanied, marooned, beached, stopped, grounded, insulated, locked, pinned, wedged, frozen, gated, confined, braided, trapped

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adj of a person

Español	abandonado
Français	abandonné
Italiano	abbandonato

adj of a vessel

Español	varado
Français	échoué
Italiano	incagliato
Русский	сидящий на мели sidjaščij na meli, выброшенный на берег vybrošennyj na bereg

adj of a piece of wire: made by combining or bundling thinner wires

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@misc{stranded_2026,
  title = {stranded},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/stranded},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}