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Castaway

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pariahnounSynonym of outcast: A person despised and excluded by their family, community, or society, especially a member of the untouchable castes in Indian society.
unfortunatenounMarked or accompanied by or resulting in misfortune.
outcastnounOne that has been excluded from a society or a system, a pariah, a leper.
rejectedan animated surrealist short comedy film directed by Don Hertzfeldt that was released in 2000.
shipwreckedStranded as a result of a shipwreck.
shipwreck survivornouna shipwrecked person

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shipwreckedStranded as a result of a shipwreck.
outcastnounOne that has been excluded from a society or a system, a pariah, a leper.
forsakenverbDeserted; abandoned.
unfortunatenounAn unlucky person; one who has fallen into bad circumstances.
pariahnounSynonym of outcast: A person despised and excluded by their family, community, or society, especially a member of the untouchable castes in Indian society.
rejectedan animated surrealist short comedy film directed by Don Hertzfeldt that was released in 2000.
shipwreck survivornouna shipwrecked person
stranded(of a person) Abandoned or marooned.
anchorlessLacking an anchor; adrift
beachedverbStranded and helpless, especially on a beach
aground(nautical, of a normally floating craft) Resting on the bottom.
high and dry(idiomatic) Abandoned, stranded, helpless.
boatboundRestricted to a boat, unable to leave it.
shipboundnounin a ship; especially, being bound there, unable to leave.
adriftIn a drifting condition; at the mercy of wind and waves.
strayedverbHaving lost one's way; wandering; astray.
left in the lurchStranded in a difficult and helpless position.
forlornPitifully sad, wretched, miserable; lonely, especially from feeling abandoned, deserted, forsaken.
vagabondnounOne who usually wanders from place to place, having no fixed dwelling, or not abiding in it, and usually without the means of honest livelihood.
unshoredWithout shoring.

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