stranded
English
Adjective
stranded (not comparable)
- (of a person) Abandoned or marooned.
- (nautical, of a vessel) Run aground on a shore or reef.
- (of a piece of wire) Made by combining or bundling thinner wires.
- (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.
- (in combination) Having the specified number or kind of strands.
Translations
of a person
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of a vessel
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of a piece of wire: made by combining or bundling thinner wires
expenses or costs which have become unrecoverable or difficult to recover
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References
- FM 55-501 Marine Crewman’s Handbook
Anagrams
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