forsakenness

English

Etymology

forsaken +‎ -ness

Noun

forsakenness (uncountable)

The state or condition of being forsaken.
- 2016, Zadie Smith, Swing Time, New York, N.Y.: Penguin Press, →ISBN, page 245:
  But the look of utter forsakenness on her face […] is something I’ve never forgotten.

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