castaway(a)

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cast off as valueless
castaway
An outcast; someone cast out of a group or society

These homeless people are society's castaways.

castaway
Shipwrecked

The storm left them castaway on an uninhabited island.

castaway
A shipwrecked sailor

Robinson Crusoe was a famous fictional castaway.

castaway
Cast adrift or ashore; marooned

After the mutiny, the castaway ship's officers suffered a month at sea in the lifeboat.

castaway
A discarded person or thing

This old coat was a castaway in someone's trash.

castaway
{n} an abandoned person
castaway
{a} useless, refuse
castaway
a shipwrecked person suffering the misfortune of shipwreck; "shipwrecked sailors"; "castaways marooned on a desert island
castaway
One who, or that which, is cast away or shipwrecked
castaway
suffering the misfortune of shipwreck; "shipwrecked sailors"; "castaways marooned on a desert island"
castaway
a person who is rejected (from society or home)
castaway
One who is ruined; one who has made moral shipwreck; a reprobate
castaway
{i} garbage, something which is thrown away; survivor of shipwreck (who is cast ashore)
castaway
a shipwrecked person
castaway
Of no value; rejected; useless
castaway
cast off as valueless
castaway
A castaway is a person who has managed to swim or float to a lonely island or shore after their boat has sunk. someone who is left on a lonely shore or island after their ship has sunk
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