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godforsaken

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god·for·sak·en also God·for·sak·en  (gdfr-skn)
adj.
1. Located in a dismal or remote area.
2. Desolate; forlorn.
godforsaken [ˈgɒdfəˌseɪkən ˌgɒdfəˈseɪkən]
adj (sometimes capital)
1. (usually prenominal) desolate; dreary; forlorn
2. wicked
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.godforsakengodforsaken - located in a dismal or remote area; desolate; "a desert island"; "a godforsaken wilderness crossroads"; "a wild stretch of land"; "waste places"
waste, wild
inhospitable - unfavorable to life or growth; "the barren inhospitable desert"; "inhospitable mountain areas"
Translations
godforsaken [ˈgɒdfəˌseɪkn] ADJ [place] → olvidado de Dios; [person] → dejado de la mano de Dios
godforsaken [ˈgɒdfəˌseɪk/ən] adj (fam) (place) → dimenticato/a da Dio e dagli uomini, sperduto/a
godforsaken [ˈgɒdfəˌseɪk/ən] adj (fam) (place) → dimenticato/a da Dio e dagli uomini, sperduto/a


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At first he had been humbly thankful, too, that they had sent him to this Godforsaken Congo post instead of court-martialing him, as he had so justly deserved; but now six months of the monotony, the frightful isolation and the loneliness had wrought a change.
Tarzan and the Jewels of Opar by Burroughs, Edgar Rice View in context
What gets me, Henry, is what a chap like this, that's a lord or something in his own country, and that's never had to bother about grub nor blankets; why he comes a-buttin' round the Godforsaken ends of the earth--that's what I can't exactly see.
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